'torture' videos 
FOX Hosts: Waterboarding Not So Bad, Just a Washcloth on the Face
Yesterday on FOX & Friends First , when Lauren Green tried to enlighten them about the true nature of waterboarding, her co-hosts disagreed. Brian Kilmeade said that waterboarding only involved putting a washcloth on the prisoner and Steve Doocy said "you don't dunk 'em in the water - you just kind of splash some water on 'em." Ms. Green got the message and, true FOX flunkie that she is, dutifully continued reporting the pile of horse manure that passes for talking points at FOX News these days, namely, that we need to do these things to get information and keep us all safe.
Amnesty International 1989 TV commercial: Waterboarding
1989 Amnesty International television commercial. Initially, CBS and NBC refused to air it -- having decided it too graphic -- but eventually they did run it, as did ABC and the independents. Frames from the commercial were used in a print campaign that ran simultaneously in the New York Times, Washington Post, and other newspapers. In it, a political prisoner undergoes a torture technique called "waterboarding," which involves repeatedly dunking a prisoner's head underwater during interrogation until he believes he is drowning.
Abu Ghraib Detainee Tells His Story
Mhyar Abdullah is one of the tens of thousands of men living in Iraq who have been detained and released without charge over the last 4 years of the war in Iraq.Mhyar, or Merky, has an especially interesting case, because he is a Palestinian who has lived his entire life in Baghdad, since birth. It seems the Coalition Forces weren't properly prepared for the circumstances of Iraq's Palestinian residents. Because Merky is Palestinian, he does not have Iraqi citizenship, and was initially treated as a "foreign fighter" by the Coalition. He was detained in 2003 and held for approximately 11 months, in what amounted to a Kafka-esque game of "pass the buck." As he describes, perhaps the main reason he was held for such a long time was simply that no single authority wanted to take responsibility for his detention and processing. In this interview Merky elaborates on his detention, describing things he saw during his time in Bucca and Abu Ghraib. Merky also highlights the issues of torture, abuse, as well as just a few of the complexities that appear to have initially mystified the Coaltion and stymied and effective response and reconstruction after Baghdad's fall.
Falsely Arrested and Abused in Ramadi
The man interviewed this week, Majed, shows his scars and discusses his recent detention and abuse at the hands of Iraqi security forces in Ramadi. Despite the overwhelming impression that the assault in Ramadi, ongoing since June, is under control, there is another side to the story. Far from being an Al Qa'eda dead ender, men like Majed are the typical residents of Ramadi. Although they are anti-occupation, they have not yet resorted to violence in large numbers. The majority of Ramadi's residents have not joined the resistance, nor have they sided with the Occupation and what they see as an illegitimate government in Baghdad. Stories like Majed's, of arrest and abuse without charge, may begin to explain some of the reasons for this incongruity. Please tune into www.aliveinbaghdad.org for more videos, and make a donation to continue our work!
School of the Americas
"SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS, RED, WHITE & BLUE. ASSASSINATION IS THEIR SPECIALTY TORTURE TOO! Refers to the US Army training facility in Fort Benning, Georgia
The Mechanics of Plastic
Experimental video on state-sponsored torture and the attempt to package it for mass consumption.
Torture in '24'
Video summary/examples supporting http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/070219fa_fact_mayer
Kill Bear (a very bad bear gets what he deserves)
A person is kidnapped and tied up by a bear but later escapes to take his revenge.
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