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This is torture.

BAGHDAD, Iraq —
...The prosecution's first witness Wednesday was a man who testified about
killings and torture in Dujail after the attempt to assassinate Saddam. Ali
Hassan Mohammed al-Haidari, who was 14 in 1982...
Al-Haidari... testified that seven of his brothers
were executed by Saddam's regime and their bodies have not been
found.
Al-Haidari said that he and other residents from Dujail — including
family members — were taken to Baghdad and thrown into a security services
prison, where people from "9 to 90" were held.
Blood poured from head wounds
and skin was pale from electric shocks, he testified. Security officials would
drip melted plastic hoses on detainees, only to pull it off after it cooled,
tearing skin off with it, he said.
"I cannot express all that suffering and
pain we faced in the 70 days inside," he said.

posted by Rebekah @ 7:51 AM