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Originally Posted by punky
That's true to a point, but not the case here. You don't extract information from an unwilling informant, by writing a rude word on him. Even the eletroc-torture/feigning sex/large amount of soldiers watching are all heavily tilted towards humilation. That is just not a viable method of interrogation. This seems like it is for their own amusement, and clearly should be punished severely.
Anyone else do a double-take when they read the ring-leader was a woman? I thought men were supposed to be the evil gender.
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As I said before, this doesn't seem to be anything to do with interrogation, so what I have to say is largely off topic...but:
How do you extract information in a combat situation?
In my opinion you do this by breaking people down to the point where they tell you what you want. No soldier, Iraqi, Yank or Brit, is going to spend one night in prison and confess all.
You break people down by telling them lies (such as your government's not coming to save you), by humilation, by repetition - making the prisoner believe that there is no other way but to tell their captor the truth.
It ain't pretty, and we mere mortals in the real world rarely get to fully know what happens....but happens it does, and I imagine always will.
The other point to remember is the atrocioties that have been inflited on western troops by Iraqi inteligence over the years - which went a lot further than the story reported today. Two wrong don't make a right, of course, but if this kind of behaviour is intrinsic in the phsyche of the Iraqi forces, then surely it is the only language that has any impact.
But like I said, it looks like this was nothing to do with intel, just a bunch of good for nothing squadies with too much time on their hands - and should be punished accordingly.