Wow!!
It's always interesting to see how fast the religous right will attack issues like abortion but sit on their hands when it comes to issues like torturing another human being.
I challenge anyone to find a Pastor, Priest, Reverend etc. to see if these techniques are justified under any circumstances in the Bible.
- Asphyxiation due to a fracture hyoid bone in the neck from trauma
- punching a person in the ribs, back, abdomen, back of the knees until they can't stand.
- Waterboarding
- hypothermia
Read the ACLUs causation of death Under American custody: http://action.aclu.org/...
I don't know how we can even be discussing these things as whether they are right or wrong. Many far righties like Sean Hannity are trying to narrow the torture down to "just" waterboarding which is cruel within itself.
Military autopsy reports provide indisputable proof that detainees are being tortured to death while in US military custody. Yet the US corporate media are covering it with the seriousness of a garage sale for the local Baptist Church.
A recent American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) posting of one of 44 US military autopsy reports reads as follows:
"Final Autopsy Report: DOD 003164, (Detainee) Died as a result of asphyxia (lack of oxygen to the brain) due to strangulation as evidenced by the recently fractured hyoid bone in the neck and soft tissue haemorrhage extending downward to the level of the right thyroid cartilage.
Autopsy revealed bone fracture, rib fractures, contusions in mid abdomen, back and buttocks extending to the left flank, abrasions, lateral buttocks. Contusions, back of legs and knees; abrasions on knees, left fingers and encircling to left wrist. Lacerations and superficial cuts, right 4th and 5th fingers. Also, blunt force injuries, predominately recent contusions (bruises) on the torso and lower extremities. Abrasions on left wrist are consistent with use of restraints. No evidence of defence injuries or natural disease. Manner of death is homicide. Whitehorse Detainment Facility, Nasiriyah, Iraq."
The ACLU website further reveals how: "a 27-year-old Iraqi male died while being interrogated by Navy Seals on April 5, 2004, in Mosul, Iraq. During his confinement he was hooded, flex-cuffed, sleep deprived and subjected to hot and cold environmental conditions, including the use of cold water on his body and hood. The exact cause of death was ‘undetermined’ although the autopsy stated that hypothermia may have contributed to his death."
"Another Iraqi detainee died on January 9, 2004, in Al Asad, Iraq, while being interrogated. He was standing, shackled to the top of a doorframe with a gag in his mouth, at the time he died. The cause of death was asphyxia and blunt force injuries."
So read several of the 44 US military autopsy reports on the ACLU website — evidence of extensive abuse of US detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan 2002 through 2004. Anthony Romero, Executive Director of ACLU stated, "There is no question that US interrogations have resulted in deaths." ACLU attorney Amrit Sing adds, "These documents present irrefutable evidence that US operatives tortured detainees to death during interrogations."
http://www.cpa.org.au/...
You better believe these guys were going to start saying anything to stay alive!!!
Where is the 700 Club? Where are the big box Church leaders on this subject?