Torture of Iraqis was for ‘stress relief’, say US soldiers

[donsu]

http://www.sundayherald.com/52035

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Three soldiers – a captain and two sergeants – from the 82nd Airborne Division stationed at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Mercury near Fallujah in Iraq have told Human Rights Watch how prisoners were tortured both as a form of stress relief and as a way of breaking them for interrogation sessions.

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The soldiers referred to their Iraqi captives as PUCs – persons under control – and used the expressions “f***ing a PUC” and “smoking a PUC” to refer respectively to torture and forced physical exertion.

One sergeant provided graphic descriptions to Human Rights Watch investigators about acts of abuse carried out both by himself and others. He now says he regrets his actions. His regiment arrived at FOB Mercury in August 2003. He said: “ The first interrogation that I observed was the first time I saw a PUC pushed to the brink of a stroke or a heart attack. At first I was surprised, like, ‘This is what we are allowed to do?’”
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well, the officers may think they are hiding, but, we see them

[Liberal Veteran]

1. I can't imagine how I could become so twisted morally....

...that I would turn to sadism as a form of stress relief.

[sakabatou]

2. Stress relief my ass

[Democrats_win]

3. These G.I.'s can never go home again. They're a disgrace!

At least Hitler's men could blame fear for what they did. Shame on them!

[GreenArrow]

4. well,

fear is a B-I-G stressor.

[neweurope]

5. Everybody who hasn'd done so - read this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4934050

A first-hand account of torture at Abbu Ghraib.

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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[kenny blankenship]

6. Do we even make cameras anymore?

General Jack D. Ripper: No, I mean when they tortured you did you talk?
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Ah, oh, no, I don't think they wanted me to talk really, I don't think they wanted me to say anything. It was just their way of having a bit of fun the swines. Strange thing is they make such bloody good cameras.