Posted on 03/28/2003 10:12:38 PM PST by lafroste
I surfed MSNBC (just passing through) when I saw a news clip about a hospital in Naasariyah (sp?) that was captured by coalition forces. During the tour of the facility, a US marine showed what he thought was a "torture chamber" - a room with a cot and a car battery, wired up as if it were used to supply electrical shocks. As the camera panned down to the battery, there across its side in bright red letters was the word...
FRENCH
My apologies if this has already been posted. See the story from pMSNBC here
BTW:pMSNBC site is nearly unusable because of all the junk they keep downloading. My screen was flashing like a strobe light.
And as my brother pointed out, they could have ripped it out of a car.
Still I found it incredibly ironic.
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