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US Troops 'Tortured' Man With Rap Music
Gulf News/AL-Reuter ^
| 12/21/03
| Gulf News
Posted on 12/22/2003 11:57:37 PM PST by Dallas59
Beirut |AL-Reuters | 21-12-2003 Print friendly format | Email to Friend
Lebanese Mohammed Jaber said he went to Iraq on a pilgrimage to Muslim holy sites, he ended up being "tortured" with loud rap music by US troops suspicious he might be a foreign fighter against Americans.
Jaber said an Iraqi taxi driver handed him and three friends over to US troops for $100 each in April apiece as fighters for ousted president Saddam Hussain.
"They asked us why we were there and if we came to fight them. But we said we came only to visit the holy sites in Karbala," he said. "They didn't torture us physically but they did psychologically by raising the volume of rap music all day until it became unbearable and by withholding food," he said.
But Jaber said he kept one secret from his captors, fearing the treatment could get worse. "I mean I like rap, just imagine them playing jazz."
US-led forces in Iraq freed Jaber and sent him and seven other Arab detainees home on Saturday.
The International Co-mmittee of the Red Cross said three of them were seriously injured while in US custody. Jaber said they had stepped on land mines while clearing up rubbish in a field for US soldiers.
Rights watchdog Amnesty International has said it has heard complaints of torture and degrading treatment including prolonged sle-ep deprivation from detainees held by the American troops.
Jaber said he and his friends were first held for six days handcuffed and hooded. They were not given food or allowed to sleep.
TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; music; rap; torture
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To: Dallas59
US Troops 'Tortured' Man With Rap MusicI once had neighbors who did that to me, too.
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posted on
12/23/2003 3:28:00 AM PST
by
alnick
To: fella
My own theory is that the people who play music the loudest are the most likely to be playing rap or equally obnoxious heavy metal rock and roll. I never hear Bach or Mozart being played to the highest decibel from the car next to me at the stoplight. It's a combination of low I.Q. and arrested development.
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posted on
12/23/2003 3:35:15 AM PST
by
driftless
( For life-long happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
To: Dallas59
If I had to listen to RAP for 5 minutes, I'd be singing like a canary and confessing to everything. What garbage!
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
6) Being next in the line for crapper, after Michael Moore...
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posted on
12/23/2003 4:08:04 AM PST
by
LRS
To: LRS
oops! that was suppose to be #7 (the very thought was more than I could handle...)
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posted on
12/23/2003 4:09:09 AM PST
by
LRS
To: Squantos
"I mean I like rap, just imagine them playing jazz." that's it... Dave Brubeck, Take Five... over and over and over and over!!
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posted on
12/23/2003 4:26:11 AM PST
by
glock rocks
(molon labe)
To: Dallas59
Rap is a 4-letter word. The 'c' at the beginning is usually silent...
To: Dallas59
None that are (twitch) noticeable.
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posted on
12/23/2003 6:10:59 AM PST
by
Gil4
To: glock rocks; piasa
I was thinking the "hooked" on classics crap from years back.......muzak on speed per se. That with a current picture of Amy Carter would have me talking and telling somebody something.
Stay Safe !
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posted on
12/23/2003 9:58:17 AM PST
by
Squantos
(Support Mental Health !........or........ I'LL KILL YOU !!!!)
To: Squantos
I thank you for not posting that picture.
In fact, just upon the threat, I'll tell you anything you want to know.
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posted on
12/23/2003 10:07:15 AM PST
by
glock rocks
(molon labe)
To: glock rocks
How do I solve the rubiks cube.....skip the pull it apart or move the stickers jokes please !..........:o)
Stay Safe !
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posted on
12/23/2003 10:17:52 AM PST
by
Squantos
(Support Mental Health !........or........ I'LL KILL YOU !!!!)
To: Squantos
send it to me... I'll take care of it for you.
just don't post that picture :-|
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posted on
12/23/2003 10:41:13 AM PST
by
glock rocks
(molon labe)
To: glock rocks
LMAO.......CHEATER !!
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posted on
12/23/2003 10:43:02 AM PST
by
Squantos
(Support Mental Health !........or........ I'LL KILL YOU !!!!)
To: Dallas59
Johnny Cochran taking the case.
"If the lyrics did rhyme, he must do no time!"
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posted on
12/23/2003 10:45:07 AM PST
by
Poohbah
("Beware the fury of a patient man" -- John Dryden)
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