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Olympic tortue tools

Updated: 2004-07-26 09:49


An Iraqi man wears a steel torture mask as he peruses a collection of torture devices at Baghdad's al-Shaab stadium July 25, 2004. An Iraqi Olympic committee said that the materials were used by Uday, the elder son of the ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein , against athletes with poor performance. [Reuters]

An Iraqi Olympic Committee official models a steel mask at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad, Iraq, July 24, 2004. The device is said to have been used by Saddam Hussein 's son, Uday, to torture Olympic athletes whose performance failed to meet his expectations.  [AP]


Iraqi Olympic Committee official Talib Mutan displays a steel chamber with interior spikes at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday. The device is said to have been used by Saddam Hussein 's son, Uday, to torture Olympic athletes. [AP]


An Iraqi Olympic Committee official points to implements of torture stored at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad, Iraq, July 24, 2004.[AP]



 
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