8.31.2009

Hey NY Times, how about the "Palestinian hanging" torture?

It's pretty clear the media strategy in this torture thing is to limit the coverage to the more milquetoast-ee tortures like pouring cold water on guys and making it look like they were trying to be careful about it. This is why newspapers are losing circulation and going under: there's no news. The Internet has emerged the supreme source of information. Why pay for a paper when I can find out a lot more at work surfing DKos every now and then (Ha! Caught you guys! Get back to work!)

Hey New York Times, what about the Palestinian Hanging? You need look no further than Major General Anthony Taguba's definitive report to find out about it. You are hung with your arms behind you often causing dislocation of the arms from the sockets. A tweaked version was to put your feet on an electrified drum through which to deliver shocks. Since Obama will not release the torture photos, this is what it looks like:


read more @ uruknet


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