Impalement on charred stakes, finger-nails split off backwards, finger-joints chewed off, eyes burned out--these tortures can be mentioned, but there are others equally normal and customary which cannot even be hinted at, especially when women are the victims.
Roosevelt details horrific tortures inflicted on captives, emphasizing the brutality of certain conflicts.
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