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2003-12-17 Iraq
Call him prisoner of woe
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Posted by Steve 2003-12-17 4:36:44 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 International accords do allow for trial and execution of "unlawful belligerents..."
Well, perhaps it's open to debate whether or not Saddam is an unlawful belligerent, but the real point is that international accords do provide for the death penalty in certain cases, so Kofi Annan can go suck rocks if he doesn't like that.

Not that the Iraqis will need any external meddling or international blessing in the trial, which is an internal affair in any case.
Posted by Dar  2003-12-17 5:40:19 PM||   2003-12-17 5:40:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 But that will not include physical torture, Noone added, saying "once you’ve resorted to physical force, you’ve lost"

Lost ? Lost what ? The war ? Nope. The interrogation ? Hardly; after a good smacking, just pick up where we left off with non-violent methods. He'll break, as Rantburg Elder Spook has carefully explained to us...

I get annoyed by rhetorical farts like this statement by Noone.

Posted by Carl in N.H. 2003-12-17 7:12:31 PM||   2003-12-17 7:12:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 No need to get violent. Sleep deprivation alone can break many prisoners. Loud noise, especially CONSTANT loud noise, can drive a man insane in a day or two. The United States has done some very in-depth studies into what kinds of psychological "incentives" work best to get a prisoner to respond in a positive way. Those studies have been refined by hands-on experiments in a dozen different places over the past thirty years, and are virtually foolproof. There's also evidence that physical torture tends to increase resistance, while psychological torture can make resistance appear futile. We know how to play the game, and we have people who are very, very good at it. Saddam will talk - in days, not weeks. Once he starts, it'll be impossible to shut him up!
Posted by Old Patriot  2003-12-17 7:27:37 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm]  2003-12-17 7:27:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I do know that this country doesn’t torture
Obviously not a Red Sox fan.
Posted by Shipman 2003-12-17 7:50:29 PM||   2003-12-17 7:50:29 PM|| Front Page Top

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