Springsteen torture at Camp X-Ray

news.com.au ^ | 01 March 04

[Doctor Raoul]

Springsteen torture at Camp X-Ray

01Mar04

A TERROR suspect freed from Guantanamo Bay has told of cruel and unusual punishment.

Hamed Abderrahman Ahmad, a Spaniard who denies any links with terrorism, said he had to wrap his head in a damp towel to try to muffle loud tapes of Born in the USA.

Mr Ahmad said he was confined to a small cell where the lights were always on and he was forced to listen endlessly to Bruce Springsteen.

"First I spent a month in a cell two metres square that had a roof of sheet iron, with unbearable heat," he said.

"All day they blared patriotic American music. It was Born in the USA. We had to put wet towels on our heads to be able to bear the heat and not hear the music . . .

"Later they put us in even smaller cells."

This report appears on NEWS.com.au.

[Doctor Raoul]

Evans

[weegee]

I'm reminded of the old (mid-1980s) 1-900 chat line ads on tv where some teens were talking and someone said "You like Bruce? Everybody likes Bruce Springsteen...".

I've never cared for the "Boss" (you're not the Boss of me) or the album cover where's he's peeing on the flag (what did you think he was doing?).

They could have played the live cut of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town and really driven the Islamofascists bonkers. There is no religious harassment there since Santa Claus is not a biblical figure (Saint Nicolas is far removed from the character in that song).

If they wanted to play a modern American anthem, they could have played James Brown's "Living In America". But then do they want to play a good song for the detainees?

[Mr. Mojo]

[weegee]

[Mr. Mojo]

[weegee]

Whooooa!

[Paleo Conservative]

[BookmanTheJanitor]

[aculeus]

Badda-bing-badda-BUMP.

[billorites]

Shazaam!

[rewrite]

I'm stunned...

[billorites]

[BookmanTheJanitor]

[CrazyIvan]

"You have a choice between the glass rod and the hammer and the Yoko Ono album, what is your decision?"

"I'm thinking, I'm thinking....."

[open mind-closed fist]

Why does that scene from Animal House, with Belushi smashing the peacenik's guitar against the wall come to mind?

[montomike]

That picture of John Kerry playing an acoustic just made me throw up.

I may never play my acoustic again...Not!

[Edmund]

For my money, you can't beat Michael Bolton's version of when A Man Loves a Woman...

[Rocko]

[rewrite]

for 30 points and a chance to play the lightning round for big money and prizes, without looking it up, who played the guy with the guitar in Animal House?

[Rocko]

Stephen Bishop.