Torture Glossary

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Torture Glossary

abuse: torture
dating the walrus: A walrus is a large arctic mammal. Walrus’s have the longest baculum (penis bone) of any living mammal about 50 cm (19.69 in) long. Walruses don’t do well in desert climates. So the phrase means inserting large objects into the rectum.
blowback: the retaliation for underhanded activity where that activity was kept secret from the people, so that the retaliation appears without motivation.
burning hair: ?
detainee: A prisoner of war (POW) selected for torture.
detention centre: torture dungeon
dog handling: frightening with dogs. Getting dogs to bite prisoners. Getting dogs to anally or vaginally rape prisoners.
double dipping: ?
enhanced interrogation techniques: Torture techniques that must be kept secret to avoid public revulsion.
freedom: Originally it meant the right to do what you pleased so long as you did not harm others. In Bush speak it means “American corporate interests”, as in “the marines are defending freedom night and day all over the globe”.
haji: derogatory term used by American soldiers for Iraqis, similar to gook or slope of the Viet Nam era. It literally means a Muslim on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
insurgent: Properly speaking a rebel against a legitimate government. In Bush-speak a member of the resistance.
interrogation protocols: techniques of torture
liberty: Originally it meant the right to say whatever you pleased without fear of being jailed. In Bush speak, it means “American domination”, as in “the marines are spreading liberty to every country on earth”.
juice ball: ?
pop top: ?
pounding the marbles: Squashing the testicles
PUC: Person Under Control, a prisoner
rendition: Sending a POW to a country with lax rules against torture for really nasty torture out of sight. Condoleeza Rice claims the USA does rendition, but claims it is not for torture. She claims the USA trusts the target country noted for torture not to torture these particular prisoners. Get serious! Why bother with rendition then? If the USA were not torturing, they would keep the suspects in jail in the continental USA. They keep them outside the USA, e.g. in Guantánamo and in eastern Europe, so they that American laws against cruel and unusual treatment of prisoners do not apply. There is no other reason for rendition.
riding the dog: ?
rogue nation: a nation that won’t hand over its oil to the USA without a fight.
terrorist: Properly speaking someone who kills civilians. The American invaders of Iraq would fit this definition. In Bush-speak, a member of the resistance.
tough tactics: torture to extract bogus confessions
town meeting: informercial filming
unlawful combatants: prisoners of war
waterboarding: where a suspect is strapped to a board, turned upside down, and immersed in a wet towel to simulate the feeling of drowning until he loses consciousness. Some say it literally is drowning by forcing water into the mouth and nose. Others claim it just a nice warm bath to relax the suspect into confessing.

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