Songs of War - music torture

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Very interesting programme on Al Jazeera World.

Award-winning musician Christopher Cerf has composed music for the famous children's television show Sesame Street for 40 years. During this time, he has written more than 200 songs intended to help children learn how to read and write.

But these innocent children's songs were abused for inhumane purposes.

In 2003, it transpired that US intelligence services had tortured detainees at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib with music from Sesame Street.

The programme follows Christopher Cerf as he learns how his music has been used to torture detainees at Guantanamo Bay and the effect music torture can have on the human mind.

[video]http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/aljazeeraworld/2012/05/201253072152430549.html[/video]