Prostitutes were flown in from the US - he doesn't know whether they were there to smear their menstrual blood on the faces of the more devout detainees. Or perhaps they were brought in to have sex with the soldiers, and some psychological operations (PsyOps) boffin - a resident cultural analyst - devised this other job for them as an afterthought, exploiting the resources at the army's disposal.
"One or two of the British guys," Jamal told me, "said to the guards, 'Can we have the women?' But the guards said, 'No, no, no. The prostitutes are for the detainees who don't actually want them.' They explained it to us: 'If you want it, it's not going to work on you.' "
"So what were the prostitutes doing to the detainees?" I asked.
"Just messing about with their genitals," said Jamal. "Stripping off in front of them. Rubbing their breasts in their faces. Not all the guys would speak. They'd come back from the Brown Block [the interrogation block] and be quiet for days and cry to themselves, so you know something went on, but you don't know what. But for the guys who did speak, that's what we heard."
these Pentagon guys must have watched too many Girls-Gone-Wild videos
on the other hand, the Bashir anecdote is priceless posted by matteo at 1:05 PM on November 6, 2004
Uh, name three things that suck? posted by psmealey at 2:14 PM on November 6, 2004
Jon Ronson is my hero. posted by ph00dz at 9:09 PM on November 6, 2004
I don't think you have to be a 'conspiracy nut' to think it's reasonable that techniques involving subaural sounds might be used on prisoners. But it sounds to me like the soldier who played those CDs had realized that the prisoner didn't belong there, and was just trying to be nice. posted by bingo at 8:29 AM on November 7, 2004
New-agey religious morons run the country and its military. Movie at 11.
Oh look, Wisonsin city to teach creationism in Biology class. If they are so hot to trot about religion, why not a comparative religion course in HS? Oh right, that would expose kids to other religions and scary atheist ideas. posted by skallas at 11:18 AM on November 7, 2004
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Prostitutes were flown in from the US - he doesn't know whether they were there to smear their menstrual blood on the faces of the more devout detainees. Or perhaps they were brought in to have sex with the soldiers, and some psychological operations (PsyOps) boffin - a resident cultural analyst - devised this other job for them as an afterthought, exploiting the resources at the army's disposal.
"One or two of the British guys," Jamal told me, "said to the guards, 'Can we have the women?' But the guards said, 'No, no, no. The prostitutes are for the detainees who don't actually want them.' They explained it to us: 'If you want it, it's not going to work on you.' "
"So what were the prostitutes doing to the detainees?" I asked.
"Just messing about with their genitals," said Jamal. "Stripping off in front of them. Rubbing their breasts in their faces. Not all the guys would speak. They'd come back from the Brown Block [the interrogation block] and be quiet for days and cry to themselves, so you know something went on, but you don't know what. But for the guys who did speak, that's what we heard."
these Pentagon guys must have watched too many Girls-Gone-Wild videos
on the other hand, the Bashir anecdote is priceless
posted by matteo at 1:05 PM on November 6, 2004