Detainees were physically tortured and disfigured by several methods including whippings with power cords, batons, steel bars taken from school desks; slapping the face and kicking the body especially the injured areas; burning the skin with lit cigarettes; placing the body in a sewage compartment up to the neck and pouring sewage and waste water on wounds.
I could go on, but I think you get the picture – bipartisan US administrations describe the Middle East and target regions as “uncivilised” but it is clear who are the real savages. Death is not a laughing matter, murder is a crime. They would do well to remember that.
Dimitry Orlov writes: Unbeknownst to most, World War III has been raging for very close to four decades now—ever since the collapse of the Berlin Wall. It was preceded by the Cold War, which ended when Mikhail Gorbachev capitulated to the West, causing the Warsaw Pact to dissolve in confusion. In spite of his capitulation,…
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“We will fight from house to house, from village to village. We will fight than live humiliated. We are building our country, our history, our future.” ~ Gamal Abdul Nasser 20th June 2017 Dr Bouthaina Shaaban – Political & Media Advisor to Syrian President, Bashar Al Assad One does not know whether the Arab scene…
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