30.12.08

US Prosecuting Liberian Torturer

Son of a President; head of a paramilitary-antiterrorist group; torturer:
Witnesses described horrific torture techniques involving electric shocks, molten plastic, lit cigarettes, hot clothes irons, bayonets and even biting ants shoveled onto people's bodies. Prisoners were often kept in water-filled pits covered by heavy iron grates and barbed wire.
The prosecution is seeking 147 years.

His defense? Guess.
Posted by Ken Lammers at Tuesday, December 30, 2008

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