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 Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:52 pm Post subject: The Khmer Rouge were not torturers. |
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By President Bush's formulation, the picture below was used only for "alternative methods" of "coercive interrogation", and at no time did it constitute inhumane torture under the Geneva Conventions.
This picture is from the prison at Tuol Sleng. It shows a waterboarding table which the Khmer Rouge used to coercively interrogate people using alternative methods.
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| "The prisoner is bound to an inclined board, feet raised and head slightly below the feet. Cellophane is wrapped over the prisoner's face and water is poured over him. Unavoidably, the gag reflex kicks in and a terrifying fear of drowning leads to almost instant pleas to bring the treatment to a halt." |
I know that you may have thought the Khmer Rouge were bad people and that the above definition may sound like torture or perhaps even a mock execution, but the modern Republican Party and its supporters would like to assure that you are mistaken.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=24653
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| Waterboarding is fleeting in duration with the actual discomfort lasting seldom more than a couple of minutes. And since a man can be safely deprived of oxygen for at least twice as long, there is almost no risk of long-term harm. The possibility of injury is further reduced by the fact that the procedure calls for no direct physical contact between the subject and his interrogators. Not even as much as pushing or chest slapping is required at any time, making waterboarding one of the safest and least confrontational among interrogation methods. Involving the lowest risk of long-term harm and the least amount of cumulative discomfort, it is also the most humane. |
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