Torture's Victims Tell of Screams Unheard [Iraq]

Los Angeles Times ^ | April 13, 2003 | Mark Magnier

[Kay Soze]

NASIRIYAH, Iraq -- Sheik Lami Abbas Ajali looked around at the small cell where he spent several bleak weeks of his life and recounted the torture: how he was hit, prodded, had his eyelids pulled back, had electric shocks applied to his temples and genitals, how his hands were cuffed behind him then raised until he was off the ground.

He recalled Saturday how torturers stuffed 10 suspects into an 8-by-6-foot room so only two could sleep at any given time while the other eight were forced to stand

[Kay Soze]

The following stod for Saddam and his, racisim, Relgious persecution,illagal arrests, tortue, murder, rape, dismemberment of innocents:

1 Robert Altman
2 Gillian Anderson
3 Ed Asner
4 Alec Baldwin
5 Kim Basinger
6 The Beastie Boys
7 Ed BegleyJr.
8 Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream
9 Harry Belafonte
10 Peter Boyle
11 Jonatha Brooke
12 Warren Brothers
13 Jackson Browne
14 Peter Buck and Michael Stipe
15 David Byrne
16 Diahann Carroll
17 Rosanne Cash
18 Don Cheadle
19 Dixie Chicks
20 Jill Clayburgh
21 George Clooney
22 John Cougar Mellencamp
23 Peter Coyote
24 Lindsay Crouse
25 Sheryl Crowe
26 John Cusak
27 Joan Cusak
28 Chuck D
29 Vincent D’Onofrio
30 Tyne Daley
31 Matt Damon
32 Rosario Dawson
33 David Duchovny
34 Olympia Dukakis
35 Kirsten Dunst
36 Fred Durst
37 Hector Elizondo
38 Missy Elliott
39 Cary Elwes
40 Mike Farrell
41 Mia Farrow
42 Laurence Fishburne
43 Jane Fonda
44 Bonnie Franklin
45 Jeananne Garafalo
46 Richard Gere
47 Melissa Gilbert
48 Danny Glover
49 Elliott Gould
50 Nanci Griffith
51 Robert Guillaume
52 Jake Gyllenhall
53 Maggie Gyllenhall
54 Woody Harrelson
55 Ed Harris
56 Emmylou Harris
57 Ethan Hawke
58 Dustin Hoffman
59 Ken Howard
60 Helen Hunt
61 Anjelica Huston
62 Chryssy Hynde
63 Jane Kaczmarek
64 Melina Kanakaredes
65 Casey Kasem
66 Sally Kirkland
67 Lenny Kravitz
68 Samuel L. Jackson
69 Yo La Tengo
70 Jessica Lange
71 Spike Lee
72 Jamie Lee Curtis
73 Tea Leoni
74 Kelly Lynch
75 Wendie Malick
76 Camryn Manheim
77 Marsha Mason
78 Richard Masur
79 Dave Matthews
80 George Michael
81 Michael Moore
82 Esai Morales
83 Alanis Morissette
84 Me’Shell Ndegeocello
85 The Neptunes
86 Chris Noth
87 Ed O'’Neill
88 System of a Down
89 Sean Patrick Flanery
90 Alexandra Paul
91 Sean Penn
92 Barry Pepper
93 CCH Pounder
94 Bonnie Raitt
95 Lou Reed
96 Carl Reiner
97 Tim Robbins
98 Charles S. Dutton
99 Susan Sarandon
100 Martin Scorsese
101 Tony Shalhoub
102 Martin Sheen
103 Kevin Spacey
104 Gloria Steinem
105 Cat Stevens
106 Oliver Stone
107 Marcia Strassman
108 Barbara Streisand
109 Loretta Swit
110 Studs Terkel
111 Lily Tomlin
112 Blair Underwood
113 Caetano Veloso
114 The View on ABC (Star Jones, Meredith Viera,
Joy Behar)
115 Dennis Weaver
116 Bradley Whitford
117 James Whitmore
118 Robin Williams
119 Alfre Woodard
120 Noah Wyle
121 Spearhead
122 Run-DMC
123 Jay-Z
Stephen King

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[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Don't let them ever forget! The Hall of SHame!

[beaversmom]

Not one of these people will have the morality and/or brains to apologize--they will just move on to the next ignorant rant du jour.

[homeagain balkansvet]

LATimes password and username, please! Anyone? Bueller?

[bybybill]

Great comment...all those zeros are so buzy hating Bush,. they were cluless as to who they were supporting.

[Former Proud Canadian]

86 Chris Noth

87 Ed O'’Neill

Say it ain't so, Joe.

[SarahW]

Liberation from a depraved and brutal regime? Not in their name!

[unsycophant]

Darned right, Kay. If these people had their way, it would be business as usual in Iraq and Saddam Hussein would still be in power.

LIBERALISM KILLS.

[Paul Atreides]

I think it is safe to say that they are busy working to find new ways to destroy our President. Look for them to go after him on the economy.

[krb]

You have to sign up and get your own.

[jaz.357]

Not AL BUNDY! Pleeese say it aint so.

[The Wizard]

thank you for this list of shame

[unsycophant]

From the petition they signed in December: Such a war will increase human suffering, arouse animosity toward our country, increase the likelihood of terrorist attacks, damage the economy, and undermine our moral standing in the world.”

You're probably right.

[Paul Atreides]

I don't know why they are so worried about animosity towards our country and any reprisal attacks; if things were to hit the fan in a big way, Hollywood would just pack up and run to Paris. Also, get Hollywood talking about "moral standing!"

[backhoe]

Cross-link:

-When the Dungeon Doors Swing Open...--

[Timesink]

LATimes password and username, please! Anyone? Bueller?

I believe "cypherpunks" as username and password will work.

[Cate]

You know whats sad in reviewing this list of people? Not one of them has ever resided in a country on a daily basis where they were not allowed the freedom of speech. None have gone through torture. None have lived in a country where they could starve or die of thirst. I realize we have problems with hungry people in this country, but food is available. In some of these lands, there is no food anywhere to be had. At the end of their days, they will have to answer for their ignorance. Thanks for the forum to vent :{

[tiki]

I wonder why CNN always shows the looters (over & over & over...)and leaves out or mentions only in passing most of the stories in the link?

[Litany]

I thought I had read a while ago that Melissa Gilbert was a Conservative.