Out of the corner of my eye

Gang-Rape Cover-Up by U.S., Halliburton/KBR

“A Houston, Texas woman says she was gang-raped by Halliburton/KBR coworkers in Baghdad, and the company and the U.S. government are covering up the incident.

Jamie Leigh Jones, now 22, says that after she was raped by multiple men at a KBR camp in the Green Zone, the company put her under guard in a shipping container with a bed and warned her that if she left Iraq for medical treatment, she’d be out of a job.

“Don’t plan on working back in Iraq. There won’t be a position here, and there won’t be a position in Houston,” Jones says she was told.

In a lawsuit filed in federal court against Halliburton and its then-subsidiary KBR, Jones says she was held in the shipping container for at least 24 hours without food or water by KBR, which posted armed security guards outside her door, who would not let her leave.

CIA man defends water torture

“A retired CIA agent has said a top al-Qaeda suspect was interrogated using a simulated drowning technique but that he believes it was justified.”

• Water boarding: prisoner bound to a board with feet raised, and cellophane wrapped round his head. Water is poured onto his face and is said to produce a fear of drowning
• Cold cell: prisoner made to stand naked in a cold, though not freezing, cell and doused with water
• Standing: Prisoners stand for 40 hours and more, shackled to the floor
• Belly slap: a hard slap to the stomach with an open hand. This is designed to be painful but not to cause injury

Iceland complains to US about treatment of tourist in NY

“During the last twenty-four hours I have probably experienced the greatest humiliation to which I have ever been subjected. During these last twenty-four hours I have been handcuffed and chained, denied the chance to sleep, been without food and drink and been confined to a place without anyone knowing my whereabouts, imprisoned.”

“…according to their records I had overstayed my visa by 3 weeks in 1995.”