Monday, April 20, 2009

Planner of 9/11 attacks waterboarded 183 times-NYT

Torture is all a matter of Opinion ! since the first report of Said "Torture" after 9/11 , a lot of people have been disturbed by the fact that "America" has tortured Al Qaida Members ! The very same people (Radical Islamic Militants) that plotted and carried out the worst terrorist act ever , on the United States , And also the very same people that when they have captured Americans , They have Video taped the cutting off of their heads ,one of the most horrific types of torture their can be , You don't live through that kind of torture ! Having a little water poured on your face And living through it is nothing Compared to having your head sawn off while your Alive ! Khalid Sheik Mohammed , Should have been waterboarded 3000 times , at the bare minimum ! and at that it would still not equal death ! America Should not be held to a higher Standard than the Islamic Wacko's , All the people we have tortured are still alive ! Al Qaida's torture victims 95% dead , others still unaccounted for !


WASHINGTON, April 19 (Reuters) - CIA interrogators used the waterboarding technique on Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the admitted planner of the Sept. 11 attacks, 183 times and 83 times on another al Qaeda suspect, The New York Times said on Sunday.

The Times said a 2005 Justice Department memorandum showed that Abu Zubaydah, the first prisoner questioned in the CIA's overseas detention program in August 2002, was waterboarded 83 times, although a former CIA officer had told news media he had been subjected to only 35 seconds underwater before talking.

President Barack Obama has banned the use of waterboarding, overturning a Bush administration policy that it did not constitute torture.

The Justice Department memo said the simulated drowning technique was used on Mohammed 183 times in March 2003. The Times said some copies of the memos appeared to have the number of waterboardings redacted while others did not.

The Senate Intelligence Committee is investigating the CIA interrogation program, which under President George W. Bush also included slamming prisoners into walls, shackling them in uncomfortable positions and depriving them of sleep.

Bush administration officials had claimed such methods were needed to get information but the repeated use of the waterboard on Zubaydah and Mohammed were sure to raise questions about its effectiveness.
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