PHOTOS: The Monster Next Door?
Fmr. Somali general, accused of rights abuses, lives in comfort in D.C. suburbs.
Monster Next Door Samantar
As Somalia's minister of defense in the 1980s, Gen. Mohammed Samantar, right, was part of a military dictatorship that "had one of the worst human rights records in Africa," according to the United Nations. "They tied my hands to my legs, and they waterboarded me, and put [on] me some kind of electric shock," said Bashe Yousuf, a former Somali political prisoner now living in the United States. (Courtesy Center for Justice and Accountability)
