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Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
And whatever happened to cauliflower ears or baseball-bat beatings through phone book-padding? Sheesh, and these guys were prison guards in America?
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Some of the older guy(s) were.
And, while I know your question is half in jest, it seems to me that the choice of such tactics may reflect the influence of someone with some cultural insight (i.e. the MI folks or "civilian contractors" who handled interrogations who are referred to in some reports).
For some of those guys, it might be easier to take a beating than that kind of humiliation. One Shi'a who was in Abu Ghraib both under Hussein and under the U.S. has essentially said that he preferred the beatings. (We should note that that this guy is not exactly a friend of the U.S., as he was apparently on his way down South to join Sadr's al Mahdi Army.)
The interview/article on the front page of the WaPost today (below the fold) with the Iraqi lawyer who was held for 9 days along with his father (the retired Iraqi general) is also illuminating. [No nudity in this one.]
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