ABC downplays AP UAE torture video

[Bearco]

Is it just me, or does this video downplay the UAE torture, making it look more mild than water-boarding?

Here is foxnews description of the torture:

The 45-minute tape shows a man that the Government of Abu Dhabi has acknowledged is Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan — one of 22 royal brothers of the UAE President and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince — mercilessly and repeatedly beating a man with a cattle prod and a nailed board, burning his genitals and driving his Mercedes over him several times. He is assisted by a uniformed policeman.

Here is how ABC described it:

Victim's legs are bound, he is pined to the ground, and sand is shoved in his mouth...

The ABC video report:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndSkrrizHdg[/ame]

 

[CEHollier]

It's only torture if the Bush Administration does it. Just ask CNN, ABC, NBC

 

[Speedlace]

mercilessly and repeatedly beating a man with a cattle prod and a nailed board, burning his genitals and driving his Mercedes over him several times.

At least he knows how to get the job done.

Are they sure the guy isn't Jack Bauer in disguise?

 

[Swampy]

I gotta get me one of them Nailed boards...