ABC News Exclusive Photo of Abu Zubaydah

[sabra]

Former al Qaeda logistics chief Abu Zubaydah was captured by the CIA in March 2002 in Faisalabad, Pakistan.
(ABC News)

[NightWatcher]

1. We'd flip out if we saw pics of US troops in this shape

[bdamomma]

11. and it will because this wicked government does not give

about the Geneva Conventions. People will kick up if god forbid this happens to American troops. We have definitely hit the bottom of barrel. Yea sure we don't torture what total BS is that.

[Hydra]

2. Considering his condition on photo

anyone arguing that he wasn't tortured is an idiot.

[paulk]

8. actually, that picture was taken shortly after his capture

he'd been shot three times, which accounts for the way he looks.

ps - not defending torture here, just providing some context for the picture.

[Hydra]

10. good to know

I doubt I'd look better after getting shot 3 times either :evilgrin:

[Cyrano]

3. Even as a devout agnostic, I recall and respect the quote

(although I don't know who said it) "I weep for my country when I recall that God is just."

[Solly Mack]

4. Jail them all NOW

[Solly Mack]

5. Kick. LOOK AT WHAT OUR GOVT. IS DOING!!!

[pleah]

6. I only hope God, if there really is one,

has a special place in hell, if there is one, for bushdick and co.

[YOY]

7. No matter what a monster the "bad guy is, a "good guy" does not torture him.

Especially if he wants others to see him as the "good guy".

[countryjake]

9. A bit of background on his condition...he had been shot in the NUTS...

Zubaydah was shot in the nuts, and they controlled his pain meds.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2448356&mesg_id=2448356

America, representing the inhumanity of the world. That's us, folks!


And then, there's also this:

WHAT THE CIA DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT ABU ZUBAYDAH
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2439700&mesg_id=2439700

I'm convinced that what he said is more of a reason why those tapes were destroyed, than how they got the info out of him.


(edited to add second link)

[countryjake]

12. Has anyone requested transcripts of his torture tapes?

If security was the reason those tapes were destroyed, does that mean the information gleaned from his torture was not preserved?

[DS1]

13. He looks like Pauly Shore