by members of the U.S. military. It was revealed in February 2005 that al-Jamadi had died after 30 minutes of interrogation, during which he was suspended by the wrists bound behind his back. Richard Belmar has stated that he was repeatedly subjected to this torture method as a punishment during his extrajudicial detention at the Parwan Detention Facility in Afghanistan from 2002-2005. In 2017, video footage was released of Iraqi Army members inflicting strappado torture following successes in the Battle of Mosul. References Asian instruments of torture European instruments of torture Medieval instruments of torture Modern instruments of torture North American instruments of torture Torture