Rumsfeld Backs Iraq Interrogation Methods

[narcjen]

Whoa dude.

Yahoo! News
By KEN GUGGENHEIM, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Wednesday defended military interrogation techniques in Iraq (news - web sites), rejecting complaints that they violate international rules and may endanger Americans taken prisoner.

Rumsfeld told a Senate committee that Pentagon (news - web sites) lawyers had approved methods such as sleep deprivation and dietary changes as well as rules permitting guards to make prisoners assume stressful positions.

Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, noted that the rules require prisoners to be treated humanely at all times. But Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., said some of the approved techniques "go far beyond the Geneva Convention," a reference to international rules governing the treatment of prisoners of war.

At the insistence of lawmakers, the Pentagon arranged for members of Congress to view photos and videos depicting the abuse of Iraqis in the Abu Ghraib prison, including examples of prisoners forced into sexually humiliating poses. A congressional aide said there are about 1,800 images and some video.

[mumon]

1. I bet his kids are serial killers...

I'd like to put that bastard in a stressful position when he's deprived of sleep after "dietary changes."

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2. Duplicate, please discuss here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=549655