I must say, I’m not sure I understand the whole Superman costume thing, but, y’know, still…
update: Oh, wait, now I understand it. It’s because these people were evil and totally fucking insane! Almost forgot, because the coalition removed them from power and all. Sorry. Carry on.
I am amazed that they filmed so much of the torture. If you read in the comments of the post that is linked, many such torture videos exist in Iraq. I wonder what they were thinking. Films to document the efficacy of different kinds of poison gas on babies? Pictures to train torturers in castration technique? Perhaps of people just liked settling down for a cold beer and an evening of watching people being thrown from high places. That might explain the Superman suit.
Perhaps the local Torture Emporium was fresh out of Peter Pan costumes.