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Between August 2002 and August 2006 98 detainees are confirmed to have died in the custody of US officials abroad. The US military has classified 34 of these deaths as confirmed or susected homicides. In over half of the total 98 deaths cause of death was never anounced or reported as "undeterminded" At least 8 have been confirmed to have died as direct result of torture methods used in interrogation. In only 12 of the admittd homicides has anyone received formal punishments. the longest punishment resulting for a torture related death in this period, a whopping 5 months.
All of the following interrogation techniques as well as others were given formal written approval by Donald Rumsfeld in the 2002 Army Field Manual.
1. dress the detainee in orange coveralls, shackle the wrists and ankles. place heavy boots on the feet, plugs in the ears, and a hood over the head. bag the hands in thick fabric and tape them. he stands while you sit. if he slouches you beat him. this continues for hours, perhaps days. if he urinates himself, you laugh and ridicule the detainee...
2. you turn the lights on and off at unscheduled intervals over a period of days weeks, or months. if he asks what time or date it is, you do NOT respond. You deny all requests, you do not verbally respond to any plea. After weeks the detainee will quit asking questions all together.
3. if the detainee refuses to eat, he is placed in a restraining chair and force fed. he is to be force fed until he vomits, at which point he is stripped and forced to lay in his own vomit.
4. females guards are authorized to strip the detainees, taunt them, straddle them, force them to wear women's under garments and tell them their mothers and grandmothers are whores. if he continues to be uncooperative it is acceptable to put the detainee on a leash and beat him...
5. if at any time the detainee attempts to sleep, this is a good time to blast pop music at ear shattering volumes through his holding cell.
6. at any time during this procedure it is acceptable to introduce dogs into the equation.
7. detainees may be strapped to a inclined board, with the feet above the head. at which point you can tell the detainee that it is certain, you are going to kill him. you can now submerge his head repeatedly in frigid water. if he passe sout, revive him and continue.
8. if the detainee at any time requests to be killed, or to kill himself, deny it and continue with the procedure at hand.
Those doing interrogations are assured that it is perfectly acceptable to deconstruct the detainees sanity until the point at which they will agree to anything, including the absolute impossible. Interrogators are assured they will not be held accountable for their actions, they will not be punsihed, and that they are doing a greta service to their country. They are assured they are not torturers, not according to their superiors or their leaders...
roughly transcribed from Adbusters May/June 2006
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