http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/wo...erland&emc=rss
Iraqi soldiers whipped a captured suspect with an electical cord until he became cooperative then turned him over to American troops to provide valuable intelligence.
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To the Iraqi soldiers, the treatment was normal and necessary. They were proud of their technique and proud to have helped the Americans.
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“I prepared him for the Americans and let them take his confession,” Capt. Bassim Hassan said through an interpreter
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When a problem comes along.
You must whip it.
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Most experts, including in the military, say they believe that coerced confessions are an unreliable way to learn about enemy operations because people being tortured will often say whatever they think it will take to stop the pain.
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It's hard to believe people will still make that claim with so much evidence and even simple logic to the contrary. If he lies you whip him even harder.
When something's going wrong.
You must whip it.
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the Americans took him to point out one of the houses where the Qaeda militants made bombs.
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“He was singing like a songbird,” said First Lt. Sean Henley, 24.
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try to detect it.
it's not too late.
to whip it.
whip it good.
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Captain Hassan and his colleagues said they knew the Iraqi Army had rules against beatings, but “they tell us to do what we have to do,” he said.
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I say whip it.
Whip it good.