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| − | On the deliberate abuse, both physical and mental, of prisoners. The mushrooming of euphemisms such as 'detainees', 'enemy combatants', 'enhanced interrogation' is a tactic to try to confuse an issue which is morally and legally clear. The main purpose of torture is ''not'' extraction of valuable information, since such information is inevitably unreliable, but is the fabrication of excuses for continuing expenditure | + | On the deliberate abuse, both physical and mental, of prisoners. The mushrooming of euphemisms such as 'detainees', 'enemy combatants', 'enhanced interrogation' is a tactic to try to confuse an issue which is morally and legally clear. The main purpose of torture is ''not'' extraction of valuable information, since such information is inevitably unreliable, but is the fabrication of excuses for continuing expenditure on the war machine and the promotion of fear both at home and abroad. |
* [http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/Category:Torture Set of radio shows on torture] | * [http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/Category:Torture Set of radio shows on torture] | ||
Revision as of 15:32, 19 March 2012
On the deliberate abuse, both physical and mental, of prisoners. The mushrooming of euphemisms such as 'detainees', 'enemy combatants', 'enhanced interrogation' is a tactic to try to confuse an issue which is morally and legally clear. The main purpose of torture is not extraction of valuable information, since such information is inevitably unreliable, but is the fabrication of excuses for continuing expenditure on the war machine and the promotion of fear both at home and abroad.
- Set of radio shows on torture
- Torture Timeline from Daily Kos
Pages in category "Torture"
The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
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Media in category "Torture"
The following 13 files are in this category, out of 13 total.
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CounteringInsurencyUKArmyManual.pdf ; 6.4 MB
- DilawarAutopsy.pdf ; 400 KB
- FCO Comment-2.pdf ; 4.42 MB
- Gitmo-sop.pdf ; 4.21 MB
- Globalizing-torture.pdf ; 1.08 MB
- Guantanamo-review-final-report.pdf ; 383 KB
- Icrc-report.pdf ; 163 KB
- Sscistudy1.pdf ; 62.64 MB
- The US and Torture.pdf ; 1.38 MB
- Torture at times.pdf ; 284 KB
- TortureReport.pdf ; 478 KB
