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April 09, 2003
Saddam's torture chamber in Basra jail


Iraqis showed journalists in Basra a white stone jail where they claim Saddam Hussein's secret police for decades tortured inmates with beatings, mutilations, electric shocks and chemical baths.

This chilling AP story is very descriptive -- not for those with delicate sensibilities

Story on earlier BBC report posted on TCP here

Posted By Allison (An Unsealed Room) at April 9, 2003 05:08 AM | TrackBack
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I saw a man that had been there for 8 years showing graphically what he endured. It was heartbreaking. Think he said he was put there because 'he prayed too much'

Posted by: ally at April 9, 2003 05:58 AM
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