Sad late news from digbydolben

[deckardcanine]

I was going to have my next post be a light-hearted one, but my desire to pass on underreported and appalling stories superseded it.

http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archives2/2005c/081205/081205z.htm

In brief, back in December 2002, U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan chained lanky 22-year-old cab driver Dilawar of Yakubi to a ceiling, effectively crucifying him for 3 days. He had had no trial, and investigations report that he and his passengers were innocent. Soldiers laughingly "pulpified" his dangled legs, returning often for a total of about 100 blows. When they took him down for interrogation, his dislocated arms flapped and he could neither sit nor stand. During his last day, he cried for Allah many times. General Daniel K. McNeill later denied this incident and any like it. Dilawar of Yakubi is survived by a 3-year-old daughter.

In several ways, his death was worse than that reported for Jesus.

Nothing like this to return me to heartfelt prayer.

Comments

[ashkitty.livejournal.com]

It boggles me still how anyone can possibly think we're doing the right thing in all this. And yet I hear them; Rick Santorum was on the Diane Rehm show last week explaining that all the things the military is accused of doing is just "what's necessary to keep us safe." I left the room then, because I couldn't listen anymore. I don't think I'm in grave personal danger from taxi drivers on the opposite side of the world, but I think if I am, that it's all right. I'd rather be in danger than have people tortured.

[-fairest.livejournal.com]

Solemn and silent describes how I feel when presented with atrocities. That's why I took so long in responding to this post.