Electric shock torture:
Electrodes are fastened to the most sensitive parts of the body (genitals, ears, nose, back of the head)
Water boarding torture:
This is one of the most widely spread methods of torture. Water boarding as it is currently described involves strapping a person to an inclined board, with his feet raised and his head lowered. The interrogators bind the person's arms and legs so he can't move at all, and they cover his face. In some descriptions, the person is gagged, and some sort of cloth covers his nose and mouth; in others, his face is wrapped in cellophane. The interrogator then repeatedly pours water onto the person's face. Depending on the exact setup, the water may or may not actually get into the person's mouth and nose; but the physical experience of being underneath a wave of water seems to be secondary to the psychological experience. The person's mind believes he is drowning, and his gag reflex kicks in as if he were choking on all that water falling on his face.
Respirator torture:
A prisoner is seated on a chair that is nailed to the floor. Hands and arms are tied under the chair with handcuffs. A respirator is put on his head and the respiratory tube is closed. A prisoner begins to suffocate because of the lack of air. The prisoner feels a strong pressure in his head and feels as though his eyes have popped out. Gradually, the voices of the interrogators advising you "to take a deep breath" You pass-out on and off from the lack of air.
Feeding torture:
Food and water is not given to prisoners for several days. Then victims' tongues are crushed to a using pliers or some other tool. Victims are beaten with truncheons and forced to eat food containing too much salt and pepper in it. The prisoners eat this food in agony because of the terrible pain in their mouths.
The debate rages on, even though most people outwardly wont come out and say they are in favor of torture, or even a detainee center that is shrouded in secrecy by the government; However many of these same people don’t mind if local law enforcement locks up anyone for minor infractions as non-violent crimes drug possession, public drunkenness.
Political prisoner and Prisoners of war are just that. The publics’ cry to get rid of Guantanamo Bay is fuel by a misguided rage over torture practices that were made public by a breach of security. Does any believe that American prisoners of war held abroad have not or will not encounter some form of torture psychological or physical? Does anyone who has a family member in the criminal justice system want there loved ones sharing a cell with Saddam Hussein, Lakhdar Boumedine, or Mohamed Al- Kahtani? No, you would be outraged. Nor would the American government want these US hate mongers influencing the all ready corrupt mind of the domestic born criminals, could you image how much harder it would be to track an Al-Qeaeda cell after a prisoner be let free on general population at Riker’s Island, Greaterford, or San Quentin.
The problem persist what to do with the 200-plus suspected terrorists held there and the millions of dollars the US spent on its facilities in Guantanamo Bay? Does it become some sort of museum when we open up our blockade to Cuba? Do we make a casino, maybe a Resort hotel chain? Got to admit it does have a catchy name: Guantanamo Bay Resorts. Until then Gitmo will be the United States ugly pimple, but unlike acne don’t think that some
form military torment will ever go away.
