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Barrett808 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 12:50 PM
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9. Here's the elbow / knee drilling report from BBC
...From a video given to the BBC by the Association of Muslim Scholars (a Sunni Muslim organisation), it seems another particularly brutal form of torture can also be added - drilling into the knees, elbows and shoulders of victims.

The video shows the body of a Sunni Muslim preacher being washed for burial.

His supporters say he had been picked up by police commandos for allegedly being linked to the insurgency.

The camera focuses on marks all over his body including what appear to be drill holes.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4718999.stm
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