Friday, August 10. 2007

Libya Raped and Tortured Bulgarian Hostages

Nothing much has changed since the days of the Barbary pirates, from whence the Marine Corps anthem is derived ("From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli"):

Six Bulgarian medical workers imprisoned on charges of infecting children with the HIV virus were tortured by electric shock during their captivity, the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi told al-Jazeera television.

The doctor and five nurses were released last month after eight years in prison, and several have described ordeals of electric shock, rape, attacks by dogs and other torture during their incarceration.

In Jefferson's day, the United States was unique in balking at routine ransom payments. Today's Bulgarians just happened to have waived $57 million in Libyan debt just after their release.
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