In final letters, Hussein complained of being tortured
Published: May 5, 2009
Updated 1 year ago
Saddam Hussein complained of torture in letters to his interrogators and complained that his cell was a horrible place to spend his final days, according to documents obtained by James Meek of the New York Daily News.
The Daily News quoted the letters and printed a copy of one of them in its original Arabic. Hussein alleged beatings and of being kept where he was forced to endure the screams of others being tortured — thought to be at Baghdad International Airport. Meek notes that Hussein was accused of torturing and killing thousands himself during his 24-year reign.
“Not a single part of my body was spared of the severe harm that was inflicted by the detention gang,” Hussein wrote. “Some of the traces are still visible on my body.”
“My opportunity to sleep in this place is limited and almost scarce,” Hussein added. “I don’t think there is anyone with a sensitive and humanitarian heart who can sleep amidst the screams of the tortured and the many blows of the doors and the squeaking sounds of the chairs,” saying his “total hours of sleep did not exceed four to five hours.”
You can read the full story here. An image of one of Hussein’s letters appears below.
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Perhaps one day a letter similar to this will be signed by members of the past administration while they await a similar fate.
john i hope that we follow the rule of law, not cavalier kangaroo justice like saddam got.
furthermore, i dont believe in the death penalty, as too many innocent people are caught up in it.
decora
“i dont believe in the death penalty, as too many innocent people are caught up in it.” Well, if you do not believe int he death penalty….then what is one of the INNOCENT people that fell to the hands of Hussein or whom ever and when ever…supposed to feel?
Did anyone really think Saddam wouldn’t have been tortured? You just know Dickhead Cheney was hidden away in his undisclosed bunker, with Mary Palm and her Five Sisters at the mere thought.
So when they frog march Bush off to prison, I guess it would be fair to torture him too right? I am sure he would have “important” information….
Of course he was tortured! Damn, is their anyone who didn’t know he was going to get tortured as soon as he got caught. They also added 2 feet to the rope so the drop when he was hanged pulled his head clear off. Want to hear the next “startling” revelation for the press. Bush was there, hiding in a dark corner, masterbating.
Did anyone get tortured before or after the Nuremberg Trials? Wasn’t it often implied that Saddam was in with the “Islamo-Fascists”? I’m pretty sure the Soviets tortured captured Nazis, but did the U.S.? France, Great Britain? and was it legal? and what happened to those representing the US military who did torture Nazis (if there were any)? It’s a google click away… just curious