Egypt’s torture victims describe beatings, electroshock, rape threats http://warincontext.org/2011/02/03/egypts-torture-victims-describe-beatings-electroshock-rape-threats/

Unlike some victims of the Egyptian government’s security apparatus, however, Halim doesn’t hold the U.S. responsible. Hossam el-Hamalawy, a 33-year-old journalist who says he was tortured by the SSI in 2000, is less forgiving.“I can’t accept that the U.S government preaches about democracy,” said el-Hamalawy, “while at the same time supporting the Mubarak regime, which has been so brutal to its own people.”