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...evidence pointing to torture in Uday's own backyard, the administrative compound of the Iraqi national Olympic committee in central Baghdad. Hidden in a pile of dead leaves, not 20 yards from the building housing the Iraqi Football Association, was that must-have appliance of every medieval dungeon: an iron maiden...
...from its mummy shape and the beatific woman's face depicted on its headpiece. The one found in Baghdad was clearly worn from use, its nails having lost some of their sharpness. It lay on its side within view of Uday's first-floor offices in the soccer association. Ironically, the torture device was brought to TIME's attention by a group of looters who had been stripping the compound of anything of value. They had left behind the iron maiden, believing it to be worthless...
Wechsler has mixed emotions about his years in East Germany, which were dominated by the repressive Stasi, the East German secret police, as well as the miseries of life behind the Iron Curtain...
...Wrought-iron benches and close proximity to Christina’s ice cream shop...
...boats] have been coming together nicely,” Skey said. “You’ve still got kinks to iron out. But generally they’ve come together well...