State Department: Tunisia Tortures Victims with "submersion of the head in water"

[CorpGovActivist]

"c. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

The law prohibits such practices; however, security forces reportedly tortured detainees to elicit confessions and discourage resistance. The forms of torture and other abuse included: electric shock; submersion of the head in water; beatings with hands, sticks, and police batons; suspension, sometimes manacled, from cell doors and rods resulting in loss of consciousness; and cigarette burns. According to AI, police and prison officials used sexual assault and threats of sexual assault against the wives of Islamist prisoners to extract information, to intimidate, and to punish."

Um, waterboarding is torture, according to our State Department? Has Condi told W of this blasphemous policy position?

Full human rights report (which reads like the Rummy-annotated field manual for Abu G.): http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61700.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunking

I can just hear George now: "Dunkin' works. The last time we had a witch trial in 'Murica was more'n 300 years ago. You cain't win the War on Turur without dunkin'."

- Dave

[CorpGovActivist]

1. Shameless Simulated Drowning Kick and Thrash n/t

[benEzra]

2. Ironic. K&R. (n/t)

[CorpGovActivist]

3. I Thought So Too n/t

[crickets]

4. Yup. Another K&R. -nt