Does Torah Permit Torture?
Melissa Weintraub Friday, 1 June 2007
Guantanamo, circa 2002: Men are in dog leashes, being forced to perform dog tricks and wear lacy lingerie on their heads. Female interrogators—dressed in skimpy mini-skirts—are straddling the laps of traditional Muslim men, rubbing their breasts against their backs, and wiping feigned menstrual blood on their faces. Some detainees are being subjected to dogs to scare them, others bombarded with painfully bright lights and loud violent music, left naked in isolation, hooded, spat on, urinated on, exposed to extreme cold to the point of induced hypothermia, and deprived of food and sleep.
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