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rhino47 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-04 08:20 AM
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Private contractors for interrogation,
Wtf?
Ok this is the first Ive heard of this one.
Pentagon hiring private contractors to torture (aka interrogation)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1207484,00.html

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To make matters even worse, it appears this is not an isolated incident. The US army reported last month that 17 soldiers, including a brigadier-general, had been removed from duty for mistreating prisoners. One of the soldiers being court-martialled, Ivan Frederick, a reservist who is a prison officer in civilian life, told CBS's 60 Minutes programme that preparation was poor and supervision was weak. Soldiers trained only in administrative duties were ordered to become military police. Private contractors were hired by the Pentagon to undertake interrogation, while subject to no applicable military or civil laws
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-04 08:22 AM
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1. GESTAPO!
It's the page out of Adolf's playbook!
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-04 08:25 AM
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2. A prison guard doesn't know how to treat prisoners?
Don't tell me there is any state that would allow prisoners to be treated the way the Iraqi prisoners were treated.
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-04 08:29 AM
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3. NO The union steward of the AFSCME union wouldn't allow it
People hired as HOODLUMS and THUGS at $1,000.00 will jump in a lake and screw fish if ordered to do so.
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