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video.google.com — An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002. Check it out while you can, who knows how long it'll be up!

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  • ssn697, on 03/13/2008, -2/+77no matter where you stand on the war, you should watch this.
    • compu73rg33k, on 03/14/2008, -11/+12Yeah, and then rethink your view if you're "for" the war. It's really atrocious what these bastard politicians have convinced the American public of, and then how they've taken that approval and committed one of the worst holocausts since the Holocaust. "Proud to be an American" ? I'm definitely not proud of what our country has done in the past 8 years...
      • fotbr, on 03/14/2008, -8/+16The ***** in iraq, while bad, is no where near a holocaust, and you're absolutely off your rocker if you think its comparable to throwing people in gas chambers hundreds at a time.
        • BESTenemy, on 03/14/2008, -1/+1Yep. As long as we're 1 man short of Hitler's murder list, we're better than him and can continue doing what we're doing.

          By the way, Iraq is far from the only country we have inavded in the last 50 years. We've been at war non stop. We've been killing continuously. The only difference between Hitler and us is that his regime went under along with him. Ours is pretty much alive and well. We're not stopping any time soon, cause we've got the biggest guns, corrupt with power and don't have to answer to anyone.
      • skunkman62, on 03/14/2008, -5/+13"worst holocausts since the Holocaust" -- Darfur, Bosnia , Cambodia. dude learn some history. posting some idiotic statement only make you lose credibility.
      • GawtMilk, on 03/14/2008, -2/+1I know it's just repeating, but still. How many innocent civilians do you think America has tortured? Somewhere in the hundreds? How many innocent civilians have the Americans tortured and killed? In the dozens? That's equivalent to what, a couple of minutes at a concentration camp?

        Did you even watch the video? At 5:40, the soldier says, "Abu Ghraib also had the infamous torture chambers and stuff left from Saddam's era, I remember walking through those and seeing like fingernail marks on the walls, bloodstains, guillotines; it was pretty surreal".

        I mean, the American soldiers are doing some terrible stuff in this war, but it just doesn't stack up to the Holocaust or Saddam's regime. The man this documentary is about was identified erroneously as a terrorist, and he died of a heart attack during "enhanced interrogation" [torture]. That is not even remotely comparable to killing millions of people based on a religion, physical status or nationality.

        America, despite all these awful incidents, is still fighting the war rather humanely in a historic sense. The difference is that the American media has the freedom to report about these infamous events, such as Abu Gharib. An example of what I mean is that the famous "Massacre" from Vietnam was the My Lai massacre, in which 504 civilians were killed. Iraq's famous massacre was in Haditha, which saw 27 people killed and saw an equal amount of outrage.

        While I wholeheartedly believe that America shouldn't be in Iraq or Afghanistan, but let's look at it objectively : the War on Terror is not as bad as critics make it out to be.
        • Yatata, on 03/14/2008, -1/+2
          be very careful of downward social comparison. war crimes are war crimes no matter how many bodies stack up.
        • nycmac247, on 03/14/2008, -1/+2GawtMilk
          - wow,you're saying that we should feel comfortable comparing ourselves to torturers.
          Rape is OK since I'm not a _SERIAL_ rapist?
          wow

      • ophello, on 03/15/2008, -0/+1No one, not even a military advisor, is allowed to comment on the relative WORTH of LIVES, of the relative wrongdoing, be it moral or military.

        Wrong is WRONG, killing is KILLING. NUMBERS ARE MEANINGLESS. If I hear one more person say "its not as bad as hitler", ill ***** punch a baby.
    • ophello, on 03/15/2008, -0/+1im beginning to hate the US govt.
  • Member148, on 03/13/2008, -38/+8It can if free nations don't come to grips a defeat terrorism. In order to defeat crime of any kind you must make the offender so terrified of the consequences that he never contemplates the deed. So far we haven't terrified the terrorist. Why? Because the nations that harbor them have cohorts and as long a that nation remains passive against those cohorts, there is no incentive for the terrorist to fear reprisal. Unless these nations put aside their stupidity, terrorism will go on for decades. Nations have to decide if they want peace and improve world conditions, or if they want to live eternally with war and the treat of war within their nations.
    • ssn697, on 03/13/2008, -4/+15Is it your contention that we should abandon all of our principles? We need to be WORSE than everyone else to succeed in being a free and just country?
    • mradules, on 03/13/2008, -4/+6We don't need to scare them, we need to ignore them. The goal of terrorism is not just to kill, but more importantly to instill fear. Though it may seem implausible, if Western countries were to stop reacting to terrorism by cracking down on freedom, the terrorists will have failed. The catch is that fear-mongering works in US politics, at least to the extent that dominates the headlines. Still, it's been good to see candidates like Obama and Kucinich, who don't feel the need to mention 9/11 in every sentence (*ahem* Giuliani).
      • zephc, on 03/14/2008, -2/+1Pretty much. Terrorism is used as a tool to direct policy. If you know doing something violent will cause massive upheaval in a certain direction, and you think the ends will justify the means (if you're that sort of person) then you do it. It was blindingly obvious that a terrorist attack on the scale of 9/11's would push this country into an authoritarian abyss. I am actually surprised that my guess on 9/11 of a push for martial law was never formally declared (though the practice of it has been implemented to an extent)
      • RepubOperative, on 03/14/2008, -5/+1Yea....right on! Fight the power! I remember being picked up and tortured...its happened several times, just last year. Fight the power!

        If you need a sarcasm tag you are a stupid *****.
    • Mikidogo, on 03/14/2008, -2/+9You cannot terrify someone who is prepared to die for their cause.
      • RepubOperative, on 03/14/2008, -5/+1For those I suggest killing them.
    • janrito, on 03/14/2008, -3/+9That is complete and utter *****. Terrorism exists because the of the conditions that people are forced to live in. Fundamentalists will always exist but they will not find an audience in people who live dignified lives. The only way to fight terrorism is to improve the standard of living.
      Scaring people ***** is what got us into this situation. People need to have a life worth living.
    • source1984, on 03/14/2008, -2/+1What if the terrorists believe that killing them will only be better for themselves? Your argument for an endless war isn't too good. Mainly because people will keep dying and no solution will be found. You have to attack the problem at the root. As a muslim, I can say that the U.S. should so show a more Muslim-friendly policy where they promote moderate Muslim leaders (and by that I don't mean lesbian "Muslim" Islam-bashers or extremely liberal muslims who are not connected to the general population). Tariq Ramadan tries to enter U.S., to teach at Notre Dame -- the U.S. says NO, and doesn't allow him entry. Another move to end this war, be more fair in the Israel conflict. THAT is the ROOT cause. If terrorism had a tree, the biggest damn root that is all popping out of the ground, bursting through sidewalks would be Israel. There are war-crimes going on in Israel and the U.S. is supporting it.
    • source1984, on 03/14/2008, -1/+1I'd like to add, by Muslim-friendly I don't mean bending over backwards or catering like is done to Israel. I mean just generally friendly diplomatic relations. The only friendly relations are with Muslim dictators (Egypt, Saudi, Jordan).
      • Bertu, on 03/18/2008, -0/+0Egypt is actually a Republic, Jordan is a Constitutional Monarchy, and Saudi is an Absolute Monarchy, but I get your point. Pro-US arabian gov'ts are without exception, NOT "democratic".
    • Tehrooni, on 03/14/2008, -1/+2Pirates and Emperors.
      Read that book by Chomsky and perhaps you will understand what's going on.
    • egoherodotus, on 03/14/2008, -1/+3Has anyone ever asked why terrorism exists in the first place? Have you ever asked if it is a reaction, and not just an action?
      • Yatata, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2thank you thank you thank you

        every time i ask that same basic rational question i get dugg down for some reason, i can't figure out why - are people too afraid to go there? it would be the logical first question after being punched in the face out of the blue - "why did you hit me??"

        it seems basic logic was bypassed in favor of the angry hive approach. the rational fore-brain shut down in the face of fear and the bully went on a rampage around the schoolyard.

        to find out the real reasons for terrorism (FYI it's not your "freedom") download the Democracy Now podcast for monday march 3rd 08; the last half of the show sheds some light.
      • Yatata, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2even better - the whole thing on youtube:

        part 1: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=j33TSxTMVJ8
        part 2: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=vE871EIk2Vo&feature= ...
        part 3: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=AymCw7RyIT0&feature= ...

  • tomwoo2, on 03/13/2008, -35/+2bah, taxi driver all terrorist, not innocent
    • ecape7, on 03/14/2008, -2/+5um Fox news is still on go watch
    • zephyr42, on 03/14/2008, -2/+5I can see what you were trying to do there, and this is *NO* joking matter.
      • tomwoo2, on 03/14/2008, -3/+0Well, sometimes they'll say, well you can talk about something but you can't joke about it. Say you can't joke about something because it's not funny. Comedians run into that ***** all the time. Like rape. They'll say, "you can't joke about rape. Rape's not funny." I say, "***** you, I think it's hilarious. How do you like that?" I can prove to you that rape is funny. Picture Porky Pig raping Elmer Fudd. See, hey why do you think they call him "Porky," eh? I know what you're going to say. "Elmer was asking for it. Elmer was coming on to Porky. Porky couldn't help himself, he got a hard-on, he got horny, he lost control, he went out of his mind."
        • SkuLLpHucT, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2*crickets*
          • tomwoo2, on 03/14/2008, -2/+0Now THAT'S funny. You clearly have no idea where this comes from. (Moron hurries over to Google.) "No, I got the reference, but it's still not funny, so there." (Moron is quite sure he's vindicated himself.)
        • chaosinfinity, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Oh I get it! So if your in prison, and your pink ass gets jammed up by a steel rod, and you scream like whores who want it, thatd be hilarious! Man you are the shizNIT. You should do stand up, like Pauly Shore.
  • daFilms, on 03/13/2008, -1/+51FYI this won an Oscar for Best Documentary.

    More importantly, if you ever wondered where the Administration got its source for the Iraq/Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link follow the story of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi... he's the one that stated the connection while under the hands of the CIA; hands of torture... [~01:02:00 -- several mins]

    Also worthy of a view (and it's online for free).
    PBS | Frontline | The Torture Question
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/torture/vi ...
  • nico623, on 03/13/2008, -7/+2Yarrrggh !
  • diggafrica, on 03/14/2008, -17/+1god damit!. why am I waking up everyday & cant help of thinking that Moses was high on weed.. argh damn u Digg!
  • Falloutinside, on 03/14/2008, -5/+14Amazing movie
  • Falloutinside, on 03/14/2008, -11/+6Amazing Movie
  • tonich03, on 03/14/2008, -12/+2middel east issues
    • pintomp3, on 03/14/2008, -1/+2american issues, since we're the ones doing it.
  • NewsBandit, on 03/14/2008, -20/+9Was anyone else dissapointed by the fact this wasn't Star Wars related?
    • Nidy1, on 03/14/2008, -4/+4I was disappointed it wasn't Pink Floyd related.
  • SenorCardgage74, on 03/14/2008, -10/+4Ive heard great things about this flick and cant wait to watch it but MAN does that title suck.
    Too sensational and Cinemax Late Nights sounding.

    Wait.....Shannon Tweed isnt in this is she?
    • swrostmore, on 03/14/2008, -1/+7The title is very straightforward and literal - taxi, because its about the death of a taxi driver, and dark side, in reference to Dick Cheney's quote regarding the treatment of prisoners, "We also have to work the dark side, if you will. We have to spend time in the shadows."
      • SenorCardgage74, on 03/14/2008, -2/+7Thanks. In light of that it makes sense and I stand corrected.
        I seriously just though it was a painful attempt to sound cool.
  • ch28kid, on 03/14/2008, -2/+5Couldn't the uploader rename the file. The file name is exactly the same as the one mininova.

    I'm just worried because BBC might remove it, when something like this should be seen my everyone.
    • MedHead, on 03/14/2008, -14/+3Incorrect: it's made by the BBC, so only those willing to sit through the bias should watch it.
      • jj101, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Come on mate, be serious for a second. The bbc is one of the best news services in the world and is more impartial than any other broadcaster or content producer I can think of. Who do you think presents an unbiased view?
    • neocr0n, on 03/14/2008, -1/+13BBC rarely claim copyright on anything google videos and even on youtube, some Horizon docs have been on googlevideos for months maybe more. Public funded, they don't profit from adverts, regardless of how many people watch BBC they still get paid so I don't think they care as much as most networks.
  • Vash3001, on 03/14/2008, -19/+2Garbage
    • ophello, on 03/15/2008, -0/+1Your comment? Or your opinion?

      I'd say yes, and yes.
  • BigDHimself, on 03/14/2008, -8/+3documentaries need to get someone other than articulate old white guy to narrate.

    good though.
  • mnemy, on 03/14/2008, -14/+2Thanks for noting that it's not worksafe. idiot
    • WindWithMe, on 03/14/2008, -1/+10STFU,you're supposed to be working. Worthless fool.
    • greekgoat91, on 03/14/2008, -1/+10good to see that you're being productive
    • swrostmore, on 03/14/2008, -1/+14What made you think "An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States" would be safe for work?
    • pintomp3, on 03/14/2008, -1/+2the contents aren't constitutionsafe either.
    • rilus, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Moron.
    • ophello, on 03/15/2008, -0/+1your stupidity is whats nsfw
  • jellygraph, on 03/14/2008, -2/+4this was a truly awesome documentary, watched it the other night with me wifey, and it really put the whole abu ghraib issue and you really got an understanding about what led it to happen and how disgraceful it is that the soldiers take the blame, while those up higher in the chain of command, who are really to blame, wash their hands clean and say 'a few bad eggs'. disgusting
    • arplayer2k, on 03/14/2008, -1/+2Just more proof our country is run by crooks and we cant do anything about it. Sad and depressing on both counts, the movie and the fact.
  • Kriegskamerad, on 03/14/2008, -9/+2Seriously... death to the evil Christian capitalist empire that is the United States!
    The Bush regime and any affiliates should be tried for war crimes and then destroyed!
    Religion, capitalism, and the corrupt minds of greedy individuals (on both sides) have caused this! I say destroy them all, what else will solve the problem?
    • malex, on 03/14/2008, -1/+3DEATH TO ALL EXTREMISTS... Wait, what?
      You aren't helping.
      • Kriegskamerad, on 03/14/2008, -1/+0I'm not saying death to extremists, after all I can't deny I am one. I'm saying death to religion and capitalism! Capitalism and religion are the cause of all the worlds problems, wars, and massive disparity!
    • Locke23, on 03/14/2008, -1/+1soo.. where do we go from now? China? India? Oh wait i got it, England... no, no..
  • Banelos, on 03/14/2008, -2/+6For a larger contextual understanding of war and manipulation I can highly recommend "War Made Easy", really well made documentary and worth the watch.
    • ZenMojo, on 03/14/2008, -1/+1Fog of War was also awesome, it puts all of this in the context of American foreign policy for the last several decades through the eyes of a former Secretary of Defense. It also won the Oscar for Best Documentary I believe.
  • neocr0n, on 03/14/2008, -2/+16This is a very good documentary, saw it when it aired on BBC. If you don't have time to watch it now its worth bookmarking for later.
  • mightycbu, on 03/14/2008, -0/+19sickening
  • gl77, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2Travis Bickle?
  • ecape7, on 03/14/2008, -2/+5The sad thing is most people will never know this story they only know one narrative ans that comes from the white house
  • mikeyhell, on 03/14/2008, -3/+8as a former member of the military I am glad I left when I did. this is a classic example of how easy it is to influence people eager to do well for themselves. Its sick and disgusting the way we brainwash people to treat other living, caring people who are caught in a bad situation.
  • SLuM, on 03/14/2008, -3/+11Emotions fill me with rage and I see ~300 million people doing nothing and going about their day being greedy and selfish while millions of people suffer because of their willingness to tolerate and support terrorism. Yes I am talking about US citizens being completely oblivious paying the taxes to criminal thugs and not throwing out the administrations over the last 5 decades that have plagued the world.
  • trabuco007, on 03/14/2008, -3/+5Download the full version torrent from here: http://www.mininova.org/tor/953637
    :P
  • TheLastFreeMan, on 03/14/2008, -7/+1Somebody call one of these taxis and tell MrBabyMan to get the hell out of Digg.
    • theysayjump, on 03/14/2008, -2/+1The chances of calling a taxi company and actually getting a hold of MrBabyMan are slim, at best. But then (if you did get a hold of him) telling him to get OUT of a website?

      Is it 4/20 already?
      • TheLastFreeMan, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Are you being sarcastic or just incredibly stupid?
  • internerd2, on 03/14/2008, -1/+2Anyone know any other decent documentaries that would be worth the watch?
  • kylemkupper, on 03/14/2008, -11/+4I don't think what they did was wrong at all!!!. They are all terrorists. Remember 9/11 folks! If they could they would do it to us!!! God I hate terrorists! They have one goal and that is to disrupt our way of living and its working. For example the airport security among many other things. I say kill them all!
  • SciFiDrive, on 03/14/2008, -1/+1Natan Sharansky, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Jacobo Timmerman, Nelson Mandela
    - people who suffered under gov't sanctioned torture
    Timmerman's book-PRISONER WITHOUT A NAME, CELL WITHOUT A NUMBER
    http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/12/06/specials/tim ...
  • digginmygrave, on 03/14/2008, -2/+4After watching this documentary I'm comforted by the fact that even John McCain will be a much better president than Bush.
  • adikt, on 03/14/2008, -1/+13http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4047063/BBC.Why.Democr ...
  • NachoPirate, on 03/14/2008, -1/+4I find it difficult to watch things like this. I loathe the Bush regime, sometimes it's painful to see this. My faith in our government is pretty much non-existent now.
  • Gromdul, on 03/14/2008, -1/+3Thanks for the link. Now I have a subject for my illustration for my visual essay class. What are we fighting for? Security? What's more valuable, American lives or the American soul?
  • pigfister, on 03/14/2008, -2/+6USA bringing murder to the rest of the world as only they can, for oil.
    • Fixer109, on 03/16/2008, -0/+0Very true - if I could I'd give you 100 diggs
  • jediknight00719, on 03/14/2008, -2/+3very interesting documentary. The part that saddened me the most is seeing those soldiers get charged for things they were forced to do.
    • blessing, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Forced? I was in the military. There are always options.
  • replaysMike, on 03/14/2008, -7/+2More importantly - who the f*ck uses google video?
  • swrostmore, on 03/14/2008, -1/+1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_responsibilit ...
  • 619gamester, on 03/14/2008, -6/+0I'm not going to talk, because most of us have not been in any war. Lets face it, war is war. And if you think the military is going to act like gentlemen, you are greatly mistaken.
    • ZenMojo, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2No need to give new terrorists a reasonable and valid excuse to start attacking us some more.
    • methylamine, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Thug. Complicit war criminal. Go to the front and enjoy; I hear AK-47's hurt a lot despite their inaccuracy.
  • tnatharik, on 03/14/2008, -1/+2Its because of the taxi dirvers death that lead to all this.
  • Garmonbozzia, on 03/14/2008, -2/+1Watch this and you'll end up in one of Creedy's black bags for sure!
  • replaysMike, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2ok I retract from my previous comment - this is a good video and I recommend watching it.
  • if0t, on 03/14/2008, -2/+1Watching this was eye-opening for anyone who has been trained in interviewing and interrogation. In interweb terms, these cats were "noobz" who had no clue, but were anxious in pleasing higher ups. Those (old -skool) ppl mentioned about how torture doesn't work (effectively) were correct. Sadly no one listens (until it's "old news"). Next Iran, simply stunning.
  • Harbinger67, on 03/14/2008, -1/+3"If you aren't outraged, you haven't been paying attention" --Marillion, "The Last Century for Man"
  • sk33lz, on 03/14/2008, -1/+2I see history repeating itself here :/ Man, if there is an election this year it will be shocking...
  • anizzle, on 03/14/2008, -2/+1What is the difference between this and the "official" documentary. rottentomatoes.com has the film's run time at 1:45 or so whereas this runs for 1:18?
    • aspen, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2The version in the digg and on mininova is the tv rip from the 'why democracy' series of documentaries. Presumably it was edited for time constraints and possibly for content. I've only seen the version linked so I can't say what the other 30 minutes contain. As far as I know there is no dvd-rip or cam out as of yet.
  • baras, on 03/14/2008, -1/+1This is a very good film. I know that I'm going to have my family watch it.
  • Vash3001, on 03/14/2008, -2/+2Wow digg, you guys will bury anyone whom you disagree with. How bout you grow up and learn to accept others opinions. Seriously i have never seen a group of people who are filled with so much hate as the digg populous. Get a life.

    I know i'm gonna get dugg down. Its nothing new for me. I usually get dugg down in ever topic i post in, because i lean to a different side then liberal digg. We get it dig you love obama, hate America, and despise religion of any kind.
    • nycmac247, on 03/14/2008, -0/+4yes, but have you seen the movie?
      also, please look up the term "constructive criticism," I think it might add a little depth to your life to understand what real patriotism is - IMHO hahaha
  • diggpeter, on 03/14/2008, -6/+0Terrible that a poppy farmer got killed. These people are drug growing animals. They deserve anything that comes to their door. I thourougly enjoyed that.
    • Myztry, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2Off course that has nothing to do with the world largest illegal drug consuming nation...
      Demand causes supply. Not that other way around.
      • nycmac247, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1or the fact that they will be killed and/or starve to death if they do not grow
  • Pulch, on 03/14/2008, -3/+1I was hoping for Pink Floyd....
  • Xh42, on 03/16/2008, -1/+0First, note that below are just my comments, may mean absolutely nothing, but here goes. (And I truly feel sorry for the people that lost their rights during the interrogation)

    Very Interesting Article. However, as someone watching this film from outside of US, it seems like whoever uploaded this file wants John McCain to have the edge comes to the election, this film was aired from 2007. So it sure seems odd that this will be brought up again, as though as it is going to be used to clean up John McCain's name when the Election comes. I think the Republic will have the edge now if these kind of things keeps up.
    • dkmooninite, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1Did you miss the part where McCain signed pro-torture legislature, even though he opposes it, after pressure from the Bush White House. I don't think it advocates John McCain in any way or form. His story is was simply unique and relevant, as he played a key role in the hearing of Gonzales and company. There's two sides to every story. Please take off your damn tinfoil hat.
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