[Blood of Tyrants]

That battery might have simply been used to power a radio. Just because it is next to a bed means nothing.

[meyer]

That battery might have simply been used to power a radio. Just because it is next to a bed means nothing.

That would be my guess - a 12-volt car battery isn't very useful as a torture device unless you either pour the acid on someone or beat them with it. I'd think that the clamps on jumper cables would be more irritating.

That said, it is interesting that a battery stating "France" on it was used as a prop. Perhaps Saddam (or his replacement) is trying to make us angry. Like N. Korea, they seem to want to provoke us into going Nuclear. It isn't going to work.

[encm(ss)]

Right. Or maybe to power the electric blanket. You know the nights are cold in Iraq. Right.

[muawiyah]

My word, the way you say that one would imagine that the biggest difference you see between the USA and Saddam's Iraq is the way taxes are collected.

Look, trust me, the battery was NOT powering a radio!