Iraqi Prisoner Details Abuse by Americans

Washington Times ^ | 5/02/04 | AP

[kattracks]

NAJAF, Iraq (AP) -- Dhia al-Shweiri spent several stints in Baghdad's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, twice under Saddam Hussein's rule and once under American. He prefers Saddam's torture to the humiliation of being stripped naked by his American guards, he said Sunday in an interview with The Associated Press.

[TexKat]

"They wanted us to feel as though we were women, the way women feel and this is the worst insult, to feel like a woman," al-Shweiri said.

This statement by al-Shweiri says it all. He was made to feel the way they treat their women. What goes around comes around.

[an amused spectator]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22%22SCHEHEREZADE+FARAMARZI%22+and+%22free+republic%22%22

[#1CTYankee]

"They wanted us to feel as though we were women, the way women feel and this is the worst insult, to feel like a woman," al-Shweiri said.

I feel so bad for him, sounds like a trouble maker to me.
Black Jack had it right, take care of them once and let the others know how we did it.

[EGPWS]

Al-Shweiri said that while jailed by Saddam's regime, he was electrocuted, beaten and hung from the ceiling with his hands tied behind his back.

"But that's better than the humiliation of being stripped naked," he said. "Shoot me here," he added, pointing between his eyes, "but don't do this to us."

Keeerist!

Those electrodes apparently screwed up his ability to make comparison between horror and humiliation and "the Slimes" reporting it with a conveyance of a parallel between the two is....well that I guess is where the "slimes" depiction comes from.

[blueminnesota]

"They wanted us to feel as though we were women, the way women feel and this is the worst insult, to feel like a woman," al-Shweiri said.

He lost all my damn sympathy right there.

[oceanview]

those sniper team going around killing some of Sadr's militiamen - I'd send them this guys picture right away, that would send a message if he shows up dead after giving this interview. time to start playing some hardball with these animals.

[Joe 6-pack]

"They wanted us to feel as though we were women, the way women feel and this is the worst insult, to feel like a woman..."

Shut up and get me another beer.

[Fedora]

Thanks for that piece of background information on the author.

[MEG33]

He might need to put some ice on that.

[Joe 6-pack]

"He might need to put some ice on that."

If I really wanted to treat him like a woman, I'd have asked for a sandwich, too!

[kattracks]

<>"They wanted us to feel as though we were women, the way women feel and this is the worst insult, to feel like a woman," al-Shweiri said.

With this kind of attitude, it's no wonder Saddam's rape rooms were tolerated.

[MEG33]

I'd get you one,too,right after you mowed the lawn or washed the car....

[dandi]

What I can't figure is these idjits tolerated Saddam for what, 30 years with no big uprisings except for that half-hearted one right after Gulf War I (with the exception of the brave Kurds possibly)? But their liberators have been there for one lousy year with well-known plans to turn over sovereignity to them, and they're anxious to fight to the death to get them out RIGHT NOW. Why weren't they that dedicated and brave when S.H. was in power? It's simple: You've got tinhorn despots like al-Sadr and former Saddam thugs that see an opening for a power grab and propagandize their way into the simple minds of guys like this. They use the Viet Nam model (no I'm not saying that Iraq is Viet Nam) of letting the lefty wack-jobs over here with their lies and distortions gradually turn public opinion against the war and the administration. They're hoping the U.S. will continue with "cease-fires" and "talks" and all the while keep up their low-intensity guerrilla-style tactics that cause the American casualties to keep trickling in in an attemp to sway the American public's psyche. With plenty of gullible cannon fodder to sacrifice like the guy in this story they figure they can just wait us out. That's why we need to come down HARD AND DECISIVELY on these creeps to put an end to it. I hate war and death as much as anyone but this piecemeal crap is just going to cause more deaths in the long run. No war to my knowlege has ever been won by "measured" or "proportional" responses. Wars are won by OVERWHELMING responses. Sure, the "Arab street" would get their panties in a bunch over it initially, but after peace and prosperity are established, the ones with half a brain will see it was just. The other hardcore American haters are going be against us no matter what anyway.

[Sacajaweau]

That "feel like a woman" statement really stands out.

And one can hear one of their females saying "I was helpless. They stripped me of my clothes. The guards laughed and mocked my helplessness. They said they would kill me and laughed again".

[norcalvet]

This guy says he prefers beatings and electrocution to an injured ego.

The insurgents in Fallujah, instead of celebrating peace and the end of bloodshed, called Americans cowards for leaving without continuing the fight.

Why not fulfill their wishes? Give them what they want. Isn't that what the U.N., the French, and Democrats would suggest?

They truly want to die for their cause. Why shouldn't we help arrange that for them?

People who would prefer to die a horrible death than be treated in the manner in which they treat their own women, people who say they follow a "religion of peace" and fire on Marines and soldiers from their religious sanctuaries, who decry American "cruelty" while killing, burning, or torturing (in the literal, bloody, physical sense) with glee, hold a radically different perspective than most of the western world. Is it reasonable to think a compromise can be reached with such people? A compromise we are willing to accept?

I do not yet accept that this warped point of view is held by anything but the minority of people in Iraq. Unfortunately, the most brash and loud are the ones quoted by the press.

[Joe 6-pack]

"I'd get you one,too,right after you mowed the lawn or washed the car...."

Yeah, yeah, whatever...right after the game, o.k.?...#8-)

[Rome2000]

[BenLurkin]

" . . . this is the worst insult, to feel like a woman," al-Shweiri said."

Because you guys degrade women as part of your culture, Mr. al-Shweri

[Rome2000]

[MEG33]

Want to watch the game interruption free,with good maid service?..Mow that lawn early..it's cooler then besides.You can edge after the game...;)