Spain could learn lessons from Irish conflict

By Jim Gibney (for Irish News)

They put a hood over my head. They beat me up. They hit me in the testicles a lot. One of them cocked a gun and put it to my head. One of them put a plastic bag over my head. Every so often he would close it putting his hands around my neck causing me to suffocate. They tied me to a foam mattress and they put my head inside freezing water.

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