Aziz al-Abub
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Aziz al-Abub (also known as Ibrahim al-Nadhir or al-Nahdhir)[citation needed] was a Lebanese psychiatrist and medical torture expert affiliated with Hezbollah.[1] Al-Abub is accused of having used brainwashing, drugs, and physical torture on Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operatives in Beirut,[2] in particular, the torture of CIA station chief William Francis Buckley.[3]
See also[]
- Prison 209
References[]
- ^ Bodansky, Yossef (1993). Target America & the West: Terrorism today. SP Books. p. 31. ISBN 1561712698.
- ^ Medicine Betrayed: The participation of doctors in human rights abuses. British Medical Association. Zed Books. 1992. p. 42. ISBN 1856491048.
Evidence is sketchy apart from a racy journalistic account.
CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Katz, Samuel (2018). Beirut Rules: The murder of a CIA station chief and Hezbollah's war against America and the west. Berkley. ISBN 9781101987469.
Further reading[]
- Thomas, Gordon (May 1, 1989). Journey into Madness: The true story of secret CIA mind control and medical abuse. Bantam. ISBN 0553053574.
Categories:
- Hezbollah members
- Lebanese Islamists
- Lebanese Shia Muslims
- Lebanese psychiatrists
- 20th-century Lebanese physicians