Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Pure Torture

http://www.nd.edu/~ndmag/moew95.html
 
 
North Vietnamese policy was that POWs were war criminals, a policy that supposedly justified brutal treatment and total control.
 
 
Then they got serious. I was introduced to a bowl of water, some filthy rags and a steel rod. The guards stuffed a rag in my mouth with the rod, then, after putting another rag over my face, they slowly poured the water on it until all I was breathing was water vapor. I could feel my lungs going tight with fluid and felt like I was drowning. I thrashed in panic as darkness took over. As I passed out, thinking I was dying, I remember thanking God that we had made a stand against this kind of society.

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