Kuwaitis Remember Gulf War POWs

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KUWAIT CITY ? It's been more than 12 years, and the families of 600 Kuwaitis are still waiting to hear what happened to their loved ones.

"We want to know if they are dead or alive," said Abdul Hameed Al-Attar, whose son was taken away by Iraqi troops. "If they are dead we need their corpses.
If they are alive, we need to know the situation."

Fahad Al-Sayyar, who was taken prisoner by the Iraqis but later returned to Kuwait, recounted grim conditions he and thousands of his countrymen endured
while they were held by Saddam?s forces in captivity.

"For us, there was no medical treatment ? no food, no water, no place to sleep."

Sayyar, a prominent lawyer, was among those thrown in jail when Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait in August of 1990. The men were treated as criminals and sent to Baghdad.
Many of them were tortured.

"I said to the officer, ?How can I talk while my hands are tied behind my back? We are covered, and six people were beating me,'" Sayyar recounted in an interview
at the Kuwait POW center, which memorializes the 7,000 Kuwaitis captured as well as the 600 men who have yet to return.

But Al-Sayyar was luckier than 13 of his fellow prisoners, who were executed.

"One, he put a gun here," he said, gesturing to the side of his head. "One shot to the head, and his brains came out the other side."

Sayyar recalled another Kuwaiti who returned to his cell after a torture session, his flesh black from electric shocks.

"He couldn?t hold a cigarette in his fingers, so we put it in his mouth. ? His arms were useless. Electricity, fire, they used head-crushing to force them, nail-cutting, just to make them talk."

Perhaps because of his experience in captivity, Sayyar said he supports a war against Saddam.

"They will free 10 million Iraqis who can?t speak inside Iraq," he said. "It is humanity?s job. I ask for help from a human who can help against people who are not human.
You can't deal with Iraqi system, but war."

The 7,000 men taken away represented some 10 percent of Kuwait?s native male population. Based on documents and eyewitness reports, Kuwait believes a total of 605 POWs,
including 35 women, remain in Iraqi prisons, a violation of their human rights, international law and at least two U.N. resolutions.

"This country was raped, looted. No other country was raped like Kuwait," said Attar. Among those arrested was his son, an engineer, for allegedly resisting the occupation.

"I see his picture all the time -- I dream about him. He is my oldest son. To me he is very good, very emotional, very kind," said Attar.

Najat Sayid Ridha said she prays for the safe return of all Kuwaiti prisoners, not only her missing husband. She said she also prays for another war against Iraq.

But this time, she hopes the United States finishes the job so her son, who sleeps in his father?s clothes, doesn?t have to.

"One night he said, ?I want to go to Bagdad to kill Saddam and bring my father home. Please wake me up in the morning, I need to go.
? The next morning he said ?Why didn't you wake me?? I said, 'If America could not kill Saddam, how can you?'"

And while the world debates another invasion, many Muslims, including thousands in Kuwait, already have an answer.

"I would like to cut him to pieces, it is not enough for me to see him killed," said Najat. "I want to see him cut to pieces, like he did to others."

I wonder if Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher is still alive.🙁
Iraqis holding Capt. Speicher???

 

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It would be awfull if he is still alive, he missed 12 years of his life. Prolly brainwashed, tourtured everyday. We all know how nice Saddamn is...idiotic pacifists

 

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Originally posted by: Tabb
It would be awfull if he is still alive, he missed 12 years of his life. Prolly brainwashed, tourtured everyday. We all know how nice Saddamn is...idiotic pacifists

He was captured by pacifists?

 

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Originally posted by: feralkid

Originally posted by: Tabb
It would be awfull if he is still alive, he missed 12 years of his life. Prolly brainwashed, tourtured everyday. We all know how nice Saddamn is...idiotic pacifists

He was captured by pacifists?

😀


Yeah people are mean. Let's start a war!

 

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Originally posted by: feralkid

Originally posted by: Tabb
It would be awfull if he is still alive, he missed 12 years of his life. Prolly brainwashed, tourtured everyday. We all know how nice Saddamn is...idiotic pacifists

He was captured by pacifists?

No you idiot, he was captured by people that like to tie people up and slowly dip them into a vat of acid.



SADDAM HUSSEIN: crimes and human rights abuses
A report on the human cost of Saddam?s policies by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Saddam Hussein?s Regime?s Methods of Torture
The following methods of torture have all been reported to international human rights groups, such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, by the victims of torture or their families.
Eye gouging
Amnesty International reported the case of a Kurdish businessman in Baghdad who was executed in 1997. When his family retrieved his body, the eyes had been gouged out and the empty eye sockets stuffed with paper.
Piercing of hands with electric drill
A common method of torture for political detainees. Amnesty International reported one victim who then had acid poured into his open wounds.
Suspension from the ceiling
Victims are blindfolded, stripped and suspended for hours by their wrists, often with their hands tied behind their backs. This causes dislocation of shoulders and tearing of muscles and ligaments.
Electric shock
A common torture method. Shocks are applied to various parts of the body, including the genitals, ears, tongue and fingers.
Sexual abuse
Victims, particularly women, have been raped and sexually abused, including reports of broken bottles being forced into the victim?s anus.
"Falaqa" Victims are forced to lie face down and are then beaten on the soles of their feet with a cable, often losing consciousness.
Other physical torture
Extinguishing cigarettes on various parts of the body, extraction of fingernails and toenails and beatings with canes, whips, hose pipes and metal rods are common.
Mock executions
Victims are told that they are to be executed by firing squad and a mock execution is staged. Victims are hooded and brought before a firing squad, who then fire blank rounds.
Acid Baths
David Scheffer, US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes, reported that photographic evidence showed that Iraq had used acid baths during the invasion of Kuwait. Victims were hung by their wrists and gradually lowered into the acid.

 

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Originally posted by: etech

Originally posted by: feralkid

Originally posted by: Tabb
It would be awfull if he is still alive, he missed 12 years of his life. Prolly brainwashed, tourtured everyday. We all know how nice Saddamn is...idiotic pacifists

He was captured by pacifists?

No you idiot, he was captured by people that like to tie people up and slowly dip them into a vat of acid.



SADDAM HUSSEIN: crimes and human rights abuses
A report on the human cost of Saddam?s policies by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Saddam Hussein?s Regime?s Methods of Torture
The following methods of torture have all been reported to international human rights groups, such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, by the victims of torture or their families.
Eye gouging
Amnesty International reported the case of a Kurdish businessman in Baghdad who was executed in 1997. When his family retrieved his body, the eyes had been gouged out and the empty eye sockets stuffed with paper.
Piercing of hands with electric drill
A common method of torture for political detainees. Amnesty International reported one victim who then had acid poured into his open wounds.
Suspension from the ceiling
Victims are blindfolded, stripped and suspended for hours by their wrists, often with their hands tied behind their backs. This causes dislocation of shoulders and tearing of muscles and ligaments.
Electric shock
A common torture method. Shocks are applied to various parts of the body, including the genitals, ears, tongue and fingers.
Sexual abuse
Victims, particularly women, have been raped and sexually abused, including reports of broken bottles being forced into the victim?s anus.
"Falaqa" Victims are forced to lie face down and are then beaten on the soles of their feet with a cable, often losing consciousness.
Other physical torture
Extinguishing cigarettes on various parts of the body, extraction of fingernails and toenails and beatings with canes, whips, hose pipes and metal rods are common.
Mock executions
Victims are told that they are to be executed by firing squad and a mock execution is staged. Victims are hooded and brought before a firing squad, who then fire blank rounds.
Acid Baths
David Scheffer, US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes, reported that photographic evidence showed that Iraq had used acid baths during the invasion of Kuwait. Victims were hung by their wrists and gradually lowered into the acid.

Jesus, it hurts just reading about Iraqis torturing methods.