Talk:Dilawar (torture victim)

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[edit] Photographs

A couple of photographs, at least, exist of Dilwar. I don't know the copyright position on either of them, but is there any possibility of using these photographs in this article as this poor man deserves to be remembered by more than a sketch of his torture? abdullahazzam 13:15pm GMT 07/06/07

Articles for deletion This article was nominated for deletion on 31/7/2006. The result of the discussion was keep.

[edit] NPOV

The use of the pejorative "torture" to refer to the enhanced interrogation is practically a weasel word. Also, all the sources are extremely left-wing. The clear bias of this article necessitates a frank discussion about its neutrality. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.174.104.129 (talk) 07:23, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I know what you mean dude. Beating a chained-up prisoner's lower extremities to a gooey pulp is really no worse than a fraternity hazing. And obviously biased anti-American libtard sources like the Army pathologist don't belong in Wikipedia - we should stick to reputable sources like Free Republic. Sigh. <eleland/talkedits> 06:26, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unsourced tag

I added the {{Unsourced section}} tag to the 'Torture' section. I also removed the one reference in that section as it did not verify any of the statements in the section, rather just gave a further definition of the detainee's injuries which was also wikilinked. Please don't remove the tag without providing references for the statements in the section, and ideally discussing them here on talk as well. Thanks! Anchoress · Weigh Anchor · Catacomb 19:40, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Documentary

According to the documentary Taxi to the Dark Side (it was on TV last night), shortly after Dilawars arrest, the soldiers who detained him were arrested for being responsible for the rocket attack themselves and then using the arrest of innocent Afghans as a ploy to gain favour. Despite this Dilawar was still sent to Baghram. Why is this not mentioned in the article? It is certainly significant. Wayne (talk) 11:16, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

It's OK. It is mentioned:
"In February, an American military official disclosed that the Afghan guerrilla commander whose men had arrested Mr. Dilawar and his passengers had himself been detained. The commander, Jan Baz Khan, was suspected of attacking Camp Salerno himself and then turning over innocent "suspects" to the Americans in a ploy to win their trust, the military official said.
Nbauman (talk) 00:02, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
So it is. I missed it because it is buried in the quote from the NYT. The arrest section should really be replaced by a more encyclopaedic entry with the NYT as a ref as such a long quote is hard to read. Wayne (talk) 02:59, 8 May 2008 (UTC)