Fears that US will use 'torture lite' on al-Qaida No 3

The Guardian (U.K.) ^ | 03/05/03 | Duncan Campbell

[Utah Girl]

Sleep deprivation and putting them in awkward positions is torture lite? Sheesh.

[egarvue]

The journalists at The Guardian collectively wet themselves at the thought of this poor, dear man undergoing "torture lite". Meanwhile, the thousands of grieving relatives of the 9-11 victims have to live with the fact that demonic bastard is still breathing...

[Dacus943]

"Fears that US will use 'torture lite' on al-Qaida No 3"

Fears??? More like sincere PRAYERS!!!

[The South Texan]

I say it is time to open an old fassion can of whoop as on this bastard!

[Diddle E. Squat]

I hope the media, ANSWER, and the rest of the vile left screams at the top of their lungs great concern about whether this guy is tortured. Let their true nature be revealed, it will not play well in Peoria.

[TexanToTheCore]

Rather than "Toture Lite", we should be using "Torture Turbo".

[canuck_conservative]

Sleep deprivation can be surprisingly effective, as the KGB well knew. After a certain period of time, the human body simply REQUIRES sleep, and will do anything to get it.

It's not dramatic, it's not violent - but it works, where violence often fails.

[Viva Le Dissention]

Well, you see, in America, we have this thing called a criminal justice system, and in this criminal justice system, we have a lot of standards, like that people are innocent until proven guilty, they have due process rights, etc.

Now, I know out current president likes to ignore a lot of these really inconvenient things when he wants to execute some people, but there are some of us that would really rather prefer that we were ever to get arrested, we wouldn't be tortured (even tortured "lite"--sleep deprivation is a very powerful tool) in order to extract a confession--after all, we've got to make sure we're killing the right fellow! A confession under torture is VERY effective for something like that.

We might as well just go ahead bring back the Star Chamber for our "war" on terrorism. I think that would make a lot of you folks happy.

[AF68]

Boo effing hoo! Cry me a river for a mass murderer!

[afraid]

Those bruises? Ah, he just fell down some stairs.

[redheadtoo]

I understand that he was with his wife and family at the time of his arrest. His loved ones should have been taken into custody at the same time. I have heard that Abu Nidal cried like a baby and spilled everything he knew when he found out that his captors had his family.

[B-Cause]

Bump

Rather than "Torture Lite", we should be using "Torture Turbo".

Great response Tex!

[Mr. Mojo]

Exactly, what is this "fears" nonsense? What sort of American stays up at night "fearful" that mass murderering Al Qaeda trash are getting their fingernails peeled off? Not me, that's for sure.

[zarf]

Wow!! I'm stunned!!! I never could have predicted the appearance of this article!! </ sarcasm>

There must be a natural law that squares the level of leftist outrage at the treatment of a perp according to the brutality of the crime committed by the perp.

[xJones]

Oh well, goodness gracious, let's not do anything unto him that he wouldn't, and already has done to countless others. The knowledge that he has of terrorists under his control could save many lives, but let's don't hurt his feelings.

[MinuteGal]

"Quri Abdul Wali, a Taliban military commander, in hiding near the Afghan town of Spin Boldak, told Reuters.......".

Hmmmm, maybe some other people should be subjected to "light torture" if you get my drift.

Leni

[guitfiddlist]

Maybe we should contract the interrogations out to a cruel and murderous regime wonderfully exempt from liberal criticism, say like China. That would shut all YOU people up, until you backflip and come up with all the great excuses libs usually give for Communist regimes. "Well, like yaknow, they're like socially progressive n'sh*t. So torture is like ok. They're like torturing reactionaries, man."

[magellan]

By interogating someone in a country that allows torture, the potential for a effective "Good Cop/Bad Cop" routine is maximized.

Given we have members of his family, the potential for psychological games is very strong.

Sleep deprivation works very effectively, but takes time.

In the interim, I'm sure we can wire the guy for sound, and hook him into a polygraph of some sort, to get an idea of how close to the truth his answers are.

In short, I am willing to bet our interrogation methods are much more sophisticated than traditional methods used in middle eastern countries.

[Terry Mross]

Who "fears" this guy will be tortured? Do you "fear" he'll be tortured? I don't "fear" he'll be tortured.