Thread: Torture

Yep torture. Medieval old concept, right? Maybe. We all remember the Atrocities of the Christian Church, don't we?

Is torture over?

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/torture_pow.html

http://www.thewe.cc/contents/more/ar...s_torture.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/...540552,00.html

I finish this post in silence.

I don't trust the words of Al Qaeda for half a second, and I hope you don't either. However, would it surprise you to find out that Al Qaeda tortures? If you want to talk about torture, why single out the United States, especially when the sources are not credible? There is a whole world of torture out there.

Al Qaeda:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...2torture1.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,275341,00.html

http://www.newsbusters.org/node/13002

China:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4491026.stm

http://chinaview.wordpress.com/2007/...methods-photo/

North Korea:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/korea/arti...136483,00.html

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/...898919587.html

Iran:

http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/06/07/iran8774.htm

http://www.jebhemelli.net/news/2002/...ture_tapes.htm

Syria:

http://www.freelebanon.org/articles/v60.htm

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41732.htm

Cuba:

http://www.cubaverdad.net/torture_in_cuba.htm

http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y03/nov03/10e8.htm

Sudan:

http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/...539226,00.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5050636.stm

Indonesia:

http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2001/184/

http://www.asiana-press-agency.com/a...2007-0622.html

Turkey:

http://www.hri.org/docs/CSCE/040897.html

http://www.kurdistan.org/Prisons/npr.html

(to name a few)

The whole world needs to come together and stop this stuff worldwide. Who is with me?

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

If you want to talk about torture, why single out the United States, especially when the sources are not credible?

I don't think it's fair to say the sources of the report are not credible. Among testimony from the alleged victims, the report also includes written confessions from many of the suspects, confirming a number of their stories.

Aside from that, I agree with your pointing out that we aren't the only nation that tortures, although I find the fact that we do more appalling than the others you listed. Not necessarily something I'd like to get into a debate about. It's just my opinion.

Everyone tortures. Simple fact is that it's effective.

Originally Posted by Spartiate

Everyone tortures. Simple fact is that it's effective.

Makes me feel like killing myself.

Further proof humans came from apes?

Nations don't torture anyone. Individuals torture other individuals. Don't act like George Bush signed a piece of paper giving his concent to torture EPWs.

You know, US Special Forces go through a Survival-Evasion-Resistance-Escape course in which they are tortured, in worse ways than these torture victims were treated.

I must reiterate how much I don't care about the sleep deprivation and strict food regulation these terrorists endured.