[AppyPappy]

He's dead man now. He may as well talk.

[TSgt]

It's amazing what cheap, rusty pruning shears will do!

[Publius]

Like they say in the Mafia, "I'm gonna ask youze ten questions."

[irish guard]

It is curious to learn that this guy has only been a captive (supposedly) since late last week, yet they are talking in this article about the fact that there is only so much someone can take....might this suggest he could have been under arrest sooner that we were led to believe. It would make sense that we elevated our national alert status for that two week period where we might have been concerned that his capture could have led to new terrorist acts.

Sorry I read too many spy novels, but this quote above doesnt' seem to wash with me.

[TADSLOS]

This usually happens when your balls are in the vise.

[dirtboy]

It also emerged that Khalid, who was Osama bin Laden's third-in-command, could be the subject of a show trial in the US next year – coinciding with the start of the presidential campaign.

The man is responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans, and the idiot who wrote this piece labels his prospective day in court a "show trial?" What a slap in the face to America...

[finnman69]

FOR CRACKING NUTS

[Asclepius]

"There is always an end to human endurance," Pakistani Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat said.

Allah has a special place in hell set aside for stoolies, snitches, narcs, and frightened little sheiks who sing like the Metropolitian Opera House.

[knak]

I've got it! He gave up saddam! So now we have evry right to defend our country! Hopeful thoughts!

[Search4Truth]

Could he have given up Bin Laden?

[marshmallow]

This is for consumption by al-Qaeda. All part of the psychological war. "Your big cheese is ratting on you guys."

Whether he is truly singing is anyone's guess.

[MinuteGal]

I think that more effective than "light torture" is the fact that this guy's wife and children are in protective custody to prevent terrorists from kidnapping them and using them to shut him up.

It was stated the other day they gave him a glimpse of his family and he broke down in tears.The Pakis can always tell him they'll remove the protection from the family if he doesn't sing. They've got him between Iraq and a hard place.

Leni

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

"Sodium Pentothal"

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Hey they should stick him in a room for 7 days with Hitlery with no make up or hair dye.

[Lady Jag]

Could be simple like sleep deprivation. Remember when we first started using Gitmo? Prisoners were kept standing or kneeling for hours, in black hoods or spray-painted goggles. At times they are held in awkward, painful positions and deprived of sleep with a 24-hour bombardment of lights, "stress and duress" techniques. Those who cooperate are rewarded with creature comforts, interrogators whose methods include feigned friendship, respect, cultural sensitivity and, in some cases, money. Some who do not cooperate are turned over to foreign intelligence services whose practice of torture can be a little different.

[valkyrieanne]

The US has his kids, and has for about 6 months now. He knows what *he* would do had he two of our leaders' children. Sometimes one's own imagination is the worst.

[grumple]

Duh...these articles have become a dime-a-dozen, however, this one line is pretty interesting...

"coinciding with the start of the presidential campaign."

libeRAT alert

[tiki]

I hope there are some really scared terrorists out there. It amazes me how easily these "tough" guys talk.

[tracer]

""There is always an end to human endurance," Pakistani Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat said."

This has to be the most classic quotation since the one about "rounding up the usual suspects" in the movie "Casablanca"....

[CFC__VRWC]

It also emerged that Khalid, who was Osama bin Laden's third-in-command, could be the subject of a show trial in the US next year – coinciding with the start of the presidential campaign.

What a delusional pantload of a "journalist" this guy is - this paper has to be the Aussie equivalent of the New York Times to print something like this.

There is no way in Hell that KSM stands any kind of civil trial in the US - there's just too many left-wing Johnny Cochran-type activist lawyers who would be lining up to represent him (not to mention Ramsey Clark), too much of a chance that he would end up in front of an OJ jury, too many Susan Sarandons and Martin Sheens who would be leading protests outside of the courthouse with their "Jail Bush; Free KSM!" signs. No, I think George Bush and John Ashcroft are smart enough to realize that if there was ever a suspect for whom a military tribunal was meant, this guy is the one.

So dream on, you limp-wristed little Aussie poofter, and go back to fantasizing about how you would pay homage to Bill Clinton if only he would drop his pants for you.