Detained, Bludgeoned, Electrocuted Into A Coma By U.S.

[45th Med]

By Dahr Jamail

Sadiq Zoman Abrahim, 55 years old, was detained this past August in Kirkuk by US Soldiers during a home raid which produced no weapons. He was taken to the police office in Kirkuk, questioned by the Americans there, then transferred to Kirkuk Airport Detention Center.

Iraqi Detainee in a Coma

[Bozola]

1. damn good thing we stopped Saddam from detaining and torturing

suspicious Iraqis, or there would be none left for us to abuse.

Sorry, I forgot again. Why did we invade Iraq?

[DavidDvorkin]

2. Because it was there

And because we're the shining city on the hill and a beacon unto the nations. Or something like that.

[mike_c]

3. Oil. Now go shopping. In your SUV.

eom

[ozone_man]

4. Because it was the oldest culture in the world,

the fertile crescent. We must destroy all ancient culture and replace it with the neocon vision for the new American century.

[DuctapeFatwa]

6. Saddam was defiant. It is important to send a message and impose our will

so other US properties in the region will learn not to defy America and also because evildoers who hate freedom killed 3000 innocent Americans because they thought we were weak.

[Judi Lynn]

5. If this has happened once, it stands to reason it's not an isolated case

I'm certain the one man who has been tortured beyond endurance is only the tip of the iceberg.

From the article:

(snip) The doctors at the hospital in Tikrit, after performing diagnostic tests, informed the family that Mr. Abrahim had suffered massive head trauma, electrocution, and other beatings on his arms. An EKG proved that his heart was functioning perfectly. The family was told that he was in an unrecoverable state and would be in a coma for the rest of his life from the obvious trauma suffered from torture.

The family decided to take him to Haitha, where CT and CAT scans proved the man was in a hopeless condition. In despair, the family then took Mr. Abrahim to Baghdad, where the same tests verified his vegetative state as being permanent.

Now, today, three months later Mr. Abrahim lies dormant, his eyes staring blankly at the ceiling, blinking slowly from time to time, yet completely unresponsive to any stimuli.

This horrible situation raises many questions.

If the Americans knew who he was and where he was when they detained him, why did they fail to provide this information to the hospital when Mr. Abrahim was dropped off?

Why did the Americans fail to notify the hospital of Mr. Abrahim having an accident if there had been one?

How do you explain the massive head trauma, the burns on the bottoms of his feet caused by electrocution and bruises on his arms, if he had only suffered a heart attack as the medical report provided by the Americans states? (snip/...)

Thanks, Dahr Jamil.

It won't help the man for us to know, but he won't have passed without someone knowing, at least. What a bitter, heartless shame.

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. I posted a picture

of this poor man yesterday in GD. It is a very gruesome image.


A day in the life of George W Bush - 01/08/04

[DuctapeFatwa]

8. Could you please post that pic on the thread inside

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=80159