What the heck kind of torture is this?

[Utah]

This from the article below:

Sen. Durbin, in other places, suspected terrorists have their feet flayed with rods, their families raped; they're force-fed a quart of olive oil, then tied, seated, to a block of ice. By your own words, Senator, Guantanamo isn't remotely like that.

What the hell would drinking olive oil and sitting on a block of ice do? For the life of me I cant figure it out.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/o...506170085jun17,0,4134306.column?coll=chi-ed_opinion_columnists-utl