Posted on 06/23/2017 12:32:13 PM PDT by johnk
... n unprecedented report from the corporate press claims U.S. forces have participated in extreme torture and abuse of detainees accused of affiliation with Al Qaeda in Yemen — including “the ‘grill,’ in which the victim is tied to a spit like a roast and spun in a circle of fire,” the Associated Press finds.
A network of secretive prisons in southern Yemen provide the backdrop for the alleged barbaric acts allegedly carried out by forces from the U.S. and United Arab Emirates — many of those detention facilities remain hidden in plain sight.
That some of the covert prisons sit inside military bases might not be much of a shock, but others are located in ports, an airport, private villas, and even a nightclub — and all, according to the AP, remain untouchable by the embattled Yemeni government.
Whistleblower Edward Snowden weighed in on the new revelations, tweeting,
“Biggest @AP scoop in a long time: US government behind UAE torture in Yemen, with some reportedly grilled alive.”
Biggest @AP scoop in a long time: US government behind UAE torture in Yemen, with some reportedly grilled alive. https://t.co/2ggHLcgZzM — Edward Snowden (@Snowden) June 22, 2017 American officials unsurprisingly balked at the accusation troops have participated in the astonishingly heinous behavior described in the AP’s report.
I am not naive in the least bit. I know it's a different world out there.
Jihadist disinformation. They know they can rely upon the rabid Leftist clown posse in the West to repeat any lie they dream up with utterly NO critical thought what so ever.
Just more Fake News
Either fake news or Obama’s fault!
What did Obama know about this torture and when did he know it?
If the circle of fire is beyond 2-3 foot around the guy on the spit, he’s not being hurt.
Sign me up.
I distinctly recall Judge Napolitano saying this on Fox News many years back.
Not so much that the CIA or whoever was doing it, more like they knew it was going on.
My give-a-damn died on 9/11.
This sounds like someone is melding together three or four stories, adding in rumor, and a dash of hopeful lies.
If “spitting” like this thing claims happened, I’ll bet it was only once and was done by locals who were maybe later running jobs with some Americans.
If it’s actually true, as written, then I think it’s great. Apologies, but I do.
They always say,”Nazi-like Torture”,they never say “ISIS-like torture”.
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It must be old news. Yemen escorted us out of Yemen, and forced the Marines to leave behind their weapons back in 2016.
Rotisseried Yemeni. Mesquite or eucalyptus chips?
What did obama do about this? Yeah crickets. He was to busy getting millions of dollars from the Uranium One deal and other deals pickles sent his way.
How was he able to transfer gold and Euros to Iran overnight? Where did that come from?
It’s easy to make unsubstantiated claims against anyone.
Pictures, videos or it ain’t so, and even then I’m skeptical.................
Play stupid games like being an ENEMY COMBATANT, win a ride on the spit! ;)
A good start?
Torture this horrific, if proven true, harkens immediately back to Bush-era implementation of barbaric human rights violations by the CIA — which included waterboarding and other acts the agency, itself, knew to be utterly inefficacious — which temporarily halted adherence to the law and all semblance of ethics under the premise of extracting information from detainees following the attacks of 9/11.
Just fake news from obvious America-haters.
You lay down with dogs you get fleas.
My suggestion is to bury this as deep as a 20 foot shovel can go.
““the ‘grill,’ in which the victim is tied to a spit like a roast and spun in a circle of fire,” the Associated Press finds.”
That don’t taste like chicken.
You’ve got a point, but I still say this is beyond the pale.
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