Israeli lessons for the US in Iraq

[corporatewhore]

The torturing of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghuraib prison by US occupying forces has shocked the world - but for most Palestinians they come as no surprise.

In fact, tens of thousands of Palestinians who have served time in Israeli prisons and detention centres see striking similarities between Israeli treatment of Palestinian prisoners and American treatment of Iraqi detainees.

In some cases, the torture technique or form of mistreatment is almost identical, some former Palestinian prisoners told Aljazeera.net.

Hisham Abd al-Razzaq is a Palestinian Authority minister in charge of overseeing and catering for more than 7000 Palestinian prisoners in Israel, many of them interned without charge or trial.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C182D988-28E3-4D48-ADFC-F15D6509B0EC.htm
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Does it bother any one else that in israel torture is perfectly legal

[mmm]

1. Yes, it is very disturbing

Looks like the IDF has taught us well.

[Hornito]

4. Not well enough. They're not front page news with their torture.

Of course, there's so many Likud sympathizers in our media these days, it's hard to find a critical word about Israel at all.

[Classical_Liberal]

2. Link doesn't work

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[corporatewhore]

3. fixed it

[sushi]

5. This makes me think

that it doesn't matter if more members of the coalition of the killing leave, because Israel alone can take their place. Then the two bullies can do a great job bullying the ME together.