Aslin nee 8ball
Governor
Left in Kabul pt 5
I saw the whipping cane’s decent…. I heard the crack at impact…it was several moments delay until the pain overwhelmed me. I tried to yank my feet back, away from the searing pain but my tight bondage would allow none of that. The fire I felt in my souls shot up my legs, my abdomen tightened, my bound hands clenched as I fought the invasion of pain. I squealed like a stuck pig. My body began to shake as I gasped for air. He asked me a question, I don’t know what….my mind wasn’t working…the pain overtook my senses …I didn’t answer , he took that as a refusal to answer.
The second stroke struck home, overlapping flesh that was still recovering from the first stroke. My nervous system went into overload. My whole body was combusting. My brain imploded….pain was my whole world…I fought against it. My body bucked and rocked, my screams echoed off the concrete walls. He waited, letting the pain eat me up before he asked me the question again, “ Linda McGuire , are you an American spy? We’re you sent here to foster dissent and sedition with the women of Afghanistan? Even thru the haze of pain I could only state the truth… “ I told you we are not spies …Please believe me.”
Three more brutal strikes of the cane came in quick succession. My body bounced off the floor with each slash, crashing back down as the arm of my interrogator swept forward. Again the question…again the same answer. I remember screaming and begging for mercy, I thought I was going to die but the blows kept raining down on my bound feet. Sometime during that onslaught blackness overtook me and I finally passed out.
When I finally regained consciousness, I found myself tied once again to the chair. My feet hurt terribly. I wanted so much to rub them but my tied arms made that impossible. Once the cobwebs cleared from my head , noticed the two naked bodies lying side by side on the floor in front of me . The bodies belonged to my roommates and coworkers Rachel Collins and Ashley Betts, they lay on their backs, their feet tied up in the air side by side. I watched horrified as the guard that had whipped Mina applied a number of cane strokes to the feet of my coworkers, my lovers. They cried out in miserable pain.....I could tell by the state of their soles, very red and swollen, that the beating had gone on for a while. Both girls begged between screams Rachel cried out “Please stop. We already confessed that we were spying.” Ashley begged
“Please, no more, I’ll do anything. Admit to anything. Please have mercy.” But the cane continued to strike the tender soles of the young women at a rapid fire pace. The bodies of the unfortunate women bucked and wriggled in pain right in front of me. They needed my help but what could I do. I felt so helpless.
“ Please stop beating them. They’ve told you what you want to hear. For gods sake stop.”I cried out.
Suddenly a hand roughly grasped my hair and tilted my head backwards. Major Nazari was staring into my eyes. “ Yes, they have confessed Lynda McGuire, but you have not. They will continue to be beaten until I have all of your confessions. I heard poor Ashley scream as the cane impacted her tender flesh. Before I could reply it was Rachel’s turn to cry out. I just couldn't let them suffer any more.....even though we were innocent.....I confessed. We were made to sign a written confession and were spirited back to a single large cell. I longed to hold my roommates in my arms, to comfort them, love them for maybe the last time. But Nazari had us laying on the floor hogtied contemplating our fate. Our trial had already been scheduled for the next morning.
I saw the whipping cane’s decent…. I heard the crack at impact…it was several moments delay until the pain overwhelmed me. I tried to yank my feet back, away from the searing pain but my tight bondage would allow none of that. The fire I felt in my souls shot up my legs, my abdomen tightened, my bound hands clenched as I fought the invasion of pain. I squealed like a stuck pig. My body began to shake as I gasped for air. He asked me a question, I don’t know what….my mind wasn’t working…the pain overtook my senses …I didn’t answer , he took that as a refusal to answer.
The second stroke struck home, overlapping flesh that was still recovering from the first stroke. My nervous system went into overload. My whole body was combusting. My brain imploded….pain was my whole world…I fought against it. My body bucked and rocked, my screams echoed off the concrete walls. He waited, letting the pain eat me up before he asked me the question again, “ Linda McGuire , are you an American spy? We’re you sent here to foster dissent and sedition with the women of Afghanistan? Even thru the haze of pain I could only state the truth… “ I told you we are not spies …Please believe me.”
Three more brutal strikes of the cane came in quick succession. My body bounced off the floor with each slash, crashing back down as the arm of my interrogator swept forward. Again the question…again the same answer. I remember screaming and begging for mercy, I thought I was going to die but the blows kept raining down on my bound feet. Sometime during that onslaught blackness overtook me and I finally passed out.
When I finally regained consciousness, I found myself tied once again to the chair. My feet hurt terribly. I wanted so much to rub them but my tied arms made that impossible. Once the cobwebs cleared from my head , noticed the two naked bodies lying side by side on the floor in front of me . The bodies belonged to my roommates and coworkers Rachel Collins and Ashley Betts, they lay on their backs, their feet tied up in the air side by side. I watched horrified as the guard that had whipped Mina applied a number of cane strokes to the feet of my coworkers, my lovers. They cried out in miserable pain.....I could tell by the state of their soles, very red and swollen, that the beating had gone on for a while. Both girls begged between screams Rachel cried out “Please stop. We already confessed that we were spying.” Ashley begged
“Please, no more, I’ll do anything. Admit to anything. Please have mercy.” But the cane continued to strike the tender soles of the young women at a rapid fire pace. The bodies of the unfortunate women bucked and wriggled in pain right in front of me. They needed my help but what could I do. I felt so helpless.
“ Please stop beating them. They’ve told you what you want to hear. For gods sake stop.”I cried out.
Suddenly a hand roughly grasped my hair and tilted my head backwards. Major Nazari was staring into my eyes. “ Yes, they have confessed Lynda McGuire, but you have not. They will continue to be beaten until I have all of your confessions. I heard poor Ashley scream as the cane impacted her tender flesh. Before I could reply it was Rachel’s turn to cry out. I just couldn't let them suffer any more.....even though we were innocent.....I confessed. We were made to sign a written confession and were spirited back to a single large cell. I longed to hold my roommates in my arms, to comfort them, love them for maybe the last time. But Nazari had us laying on the floor hogtied contemplating our fate. Our trial had already been scheduled for the next morning.