Category: torture
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Waterboarding is Torture
Let AFJ be crystal clear on a subject where these men are opaque: Waterboarding is a torture technique that has its history rooted in the Spanish Inquisition. In 1947, the U.S. prosecuted a Japanese military officer for carrying out a form of waterboarding on a U.S. civilian during World War II. Waterboarding inflicts on its…
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Battle of Algiers, again
Saw Battle of Algiers again today. Great stuff, and so resonant with US in Iraq. You’ve got your torture, and your generic willingness to forego legality at the altar of lethality and alleged effectiveness. You’ve got Mathieu telling the media to toe the line (though US MSM ca. 2007 would never dare to ask such…