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To this end, the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons:
Recently the story of Khalid S Mohammad the murderer and planner of 9/11 and other stupidities of death has come out including the story of his spilling the beans which apparently consisted of the Red Hot Chili Peppers at volumes similar to which I listened (and still do) to Led Zeppelin, Cream and the Stones ...and uncomfortably cool rooms.
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What is torture?
To this end, the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons:
outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment - Item C, Article 3 Geneva Convention
Recently the story of Khalid S Mohammad the murderer and planner of 9/11 and other stupidities of death has come out including the story of his spilling the beans which apparently consisted of the Red Hot Chili Peppers at volumes similar to which I listened (and still do) to Led Zeppelin, Cream and the Stones ...and uncomfortably cool rooms. Well my wife complains about music volumes and too cold rooms all the time. Perhaps HRW should include me on their annual list of rogue torturers.
Seriously, while I don't think anyone can make any but the most 'torturous' explanation of how loud music is really torture, it would be informative to know what the temperautre of the room was when KSM whined it all out to Uncle Sam.
55 degress F can hardly be torture, while 25 certainly IS for any extended period past a few minutes (the germans put jews and others in cold water to determine the time their pilots shot down could survive)
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- The Us Military Waterboards It's Own Troops
It Has Also Been Reported The American Military Gave Khalid Sheikh Mohammed a Golden Shower Here's a fact that somehow had completely bypassed my consciousness: In a discussion on MSNBC's Hardball program about whether the government...
- Gitmo Inmates To Sue To Stay In Gitmo?
Apparently: Buried in a blog item by Newsweek's ace reporter Michael Isikoff is a bombshell. Appararently lawyers for Guantanamo detainees want to keep their clients in Guantanamo, rather than transfer them to the Obama administration's proposed...
- An Egregious Example Of Press Laziness And Distortion ... Torture.
Thank you Judge Napolitano for the impetus on this one. A few days ago the 'Judge' in Brian and the Judge when considering the legalities and technicalities of torture and it's definition remarked in a question to a listener that Harry Truman...
- What? No "panties On The Head?"
While a lot of people who apparently don't get out a lot railed and screeched over Abu Ghraib's famed "panties on the head" abuse of prisoners, very few of these pseudo-intellectuals can be bothered to comment about the genuine bloody torture...
- Now The 'south Asians Representing A Broad Spectrum Of Canada' Are Tortured ..truth Or Jenin?
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