Gaddafi spy chief Koussa 'tortured' Libya prisoners

Gerald · 10-23-11, 09:07 AM

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Muammar Gaddafi's former spy chief who fled to Britain in March personally tortured political prisoners in Libya, the BBC's Panorama has been told.Moussa Koussa was the slain ex-leader's right-hand man and the key liaison with British intelligence in the aftermath of 9/11 when Libya sought new allies.He has also been accused of involvement in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.The BBC traced Mr Koussa to a luxury hotel in Qatar but he refused to respond to the new allegations.In Libya, Muftah Al Thawadi told the programme that he was personally tortured by Mr Koussa in 1996 in Tripoli's notorious Abu Salim prison."While I was being questioned, Moussa Koussa was electrocuting me in my neck with the electric rod," he said of the interrogation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15415793

Note: 22 October 2011 Last updated at 23:21 GMT

BossMark · 10-23-11, 10:58 AM

If hes still in the UK deport him to face the consequence's

Platapus · 10-23-11, 11:06 AM

Sure it was not enhanced interrogation?

Remember in order for it to be torture it "must be equivalent in intensity to the pain accompanying serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death."

http://www.texscience.org/reform/torture/

Or does that only apply to our side?

joegrundman · 10-23-11, 11:11 AM

we should make sure that we don't charge him for torturing suspects we sent to him to be interrogated (libyan-style) on our behalf. that would be a chutzpah-step too far, although i am sure Joseph Heller would be crying with laughter in his grave if it were to be the case

http://publicintelligence.net/libyan...ion-documents/

TLAM Strike · 10-23-11, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by joegrundman

we should make sure that we don't charge him for torturing suspects we sent to him to be interrogated (libyan-style) on our behalf.

*Shhhhh*

People are not meant to know of that. If they found out some of those AQ members we sent to be interrogated were released and proceeded to overthrow the Libyan government with their AQ friends who knows how the public would react.

Jimbuna · 10-23-11, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by BossMark

If hes still in the UK deport him to face the consequence's

He's currently in a five star hotel in Qatar and there is a Panorama episode scheduled for tonight (IIRC) showing a BBC reporter and camera crew confronting him whilst he's enjoying a snack in said hotel.

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BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	If hes still in the UK deport him to face the consequence's __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Sure it was not enhanced interrogation? Remember in order for it to be torture it "must be equivalent in intensity to the pain accompanying serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death." http://www.texscience.org/reform/torture/ Or does that only apply to our side? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	we should make sure that we don't charge him for torturing suspects we sent to him to be interrogated (libyan-style) on our behalf. that would be a chutzpah-step too far, although i am sure Joseph Heller would be crying with laughter in his grave if it were to be the case http://publicintelligence.net/libyan...ion-documents/ __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill