The iconic photograph of the  torture inflicted on Iraqi detainees by U.S. military personnel depicts a hooded prisoner, his arms stretched out as if in crucifixion, standing on a box with electrodes attached to his body. The victim wasn’t electrocuted. Instead, he was put through a pantomime of an execution by torturers who displayed an entrenched sadism akin to that of a cat toying with its helpless prey before killing it at will. The staging of fake executions is a notorious torture method employed by the CIA and its kindred spirits in the KGB and other secret police organs. A … Continue reading Abu Ghraib, U.S.A.