lørdag, august 13, 2005

Seneste torturmetode på Guantanamo: Hary Potter

Vi har i et par år efterhånden hørt historie efter historie om, hvordan de indsatte krigsfanger i Guantanamo-lejren er blevet "mishandlet". Efter at have været udsat for noget så grusomt som afhørersker i hotpants og lytning til Christina Aguilera har de ondeondeonde amerikanere nu fundet på et endnu ondere tortur-instrument:

Harry Potter.

Ja, jeg ved. Iflg Yahoo News:

Harry Potter has bewitched detainees at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, where tales of the young wizard and mysteries by Agatha Christie top the list of most popular books, a prison librarian said on Tuesday.

"Harry Potter is a popular title among some of the detainee population," said the librarian, a civilian contractor identified only as "Lorie" who works at the prison camp for foreign terrorism suspects at the U.S. naval base in Cuba.

Lorie said the popularity of the best-selling Harry Potter books, which recount the adventures of a boy wizard as he triumphs over the powers of evil, was matched only by the prisoners' passion for Agatha Christie, some of whose murder mysteries are set in the Middle East....

Asked what other books were among the prisoners' favourites, Lorie said, "We have 12 different Agatha Christie titles in Arabic that are very popular. Also 1001 Arabian Nights."
Overall, the library contains 1,200 books, 164 magazines and 40 videos.


Ej hvor ondt, hva´?

Henrik