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Israel Used Dogs, Waterboarding On Palestinian Detainees: UN Flags "Torture"
Since October 7, thousands of Palestinians -- including medics, patients, residents and captured fighters -- have been taken from Gaza to Israel.
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US Woman Jailed For Waterboarding Baby, Putting Him In Freezer
According to Multnomah County Detention Center, McDonald will be released on October 6.
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CIA Sought "Truth Serum" To Force September 11 Attack Suspects To Talk
CIA interrogators sought a truth serum to use on Al-Qaeda prisoners in addition to waterboarding and other torture techniques after the September 11, 2001 attacks, according to formerly top secret documents released Tuesday.
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US Couple Waterboarded Children, Poured Scalding Water On Them: Officials
Ten children found living in squalid conditions in a California home were waterboarded, shot at with crossbows and had scalding water poured over them by their mother and her partner, authorities said Wednesday.
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Meghan Markle: A "Confident Mixed-Race Woman" Marries Into The Royal Family
Ten children found living in squalid conditions in a California home were waterboarded, shot at with crossbows and had scalding water poured over them by their mother and her partner, authorities said Wednesday.
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The Harsh Interrogations Of Al-Qaida Detainees: Was It 'Torture' And Did It Help Find Bin Laden?
Talking about whether the administration of President George W. Bush allowed the torture of al-Qaida suspects - and whether the techniques, which included waterboarding, achieved results - is a lot like talking about religion. Either you believe it or you don't, and there is little bridging the chasm.
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CIA Says Mistakenly 'Shredded' US Senate Torture Report Then Did Not
The Central Intelligence Agency thought for months that it had mistakenly shredded a massive U.S. Senate report on its use of waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques" before suddenly discovering that its copy had not been lost after all, an agency official said on Tuesday.
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Donald Trump Says Torture Works But Will Follow CIA, Pentagon Advice
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he thinks waterboarding and other interrogation techniques widely seen as torture -- and prohibited by law -- "absolutely" work, but would refer to his CIA and Pentagon chiefs on whether to reinstate them.
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Retired US Generals To Donald Trump: 'Torture Is Unnecessary'
Dozens of retired top military brass have written to President-elect Donald Trump urging him not to follow through on campaign pledges to reinstate waterboarding, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
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Donald Trump Loves The Sheen Of The Brass, But Generals Come With Some Fixed Views
Retired four-stars may end up challenging him on waterboarding and the laws of war.
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Psychologists Behind CIA Interrogation Tactics Deny Torture
The acknowledgement by two former Air Force psychologists that they used waterboarding and other harsh tactics against detainees in the war on terror is a striking development, according to a human rights lawyer.
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Russia Shows What Happens When Terrorists' Families Are Targeted
The Russian approach, enough to make supporters of waterboarding wince, has by some accounts been grimly effective. Abductions of family members unwound the rebel leadership in Chechnya, for example.
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Donald Trump Backs Waterboarding And 'A Lot More' After Brussels Attacks
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States should use waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques when questioning terror suspects, and renewed his call for tougher US border security after the attacks in Brussels.
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Mass Killer Breivik Complains Of Isolation, Microwaved Meals
Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik told a court on Wednesday he suffered degrading conditions in prison, including microwaved meals that were "worse than waterboarding", as he argued the Norwegian state had violated his human rights.
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To Fight ISIS, Torture Terrorists, Kill Their Wives And Children: Donald Trump
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says that, as president, he would push to change laws that prohibit waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation methods, arguing that banning them puts the U.S. at a strategic disadvantage against ISIS militants.
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Israel Used Dogs, Waterboarding On Palestinian Detainees: UN Flags "Torture"
Since October 7, thousands of Palestinians -- including medics, patients, residents and captured fighters -- have been taken from Gaza to Israel.
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US Woman Jailed For Waterboarding Baby, Putting Him In Freezer
According to Multnomah County Detention Center, McDonald will be released on October 6.
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CIA Sought "Truth Serum" To Force September 11 Attack Suspects To Talk
CIA interrogators sought a truth serum to use on Al-Qaeda prisoners in addition to waterboarding and other torture techniques after the September 11, 2001 attacks, according to formerly top secret documents released Tuesday.
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US Couple Waterboarded Children, Poured Scalding Water On Them: Officials
Ten children found living in squalid conditions in a California home were waterboarded, shot at with crossbows and had scalding water poured over them by their mother and her partner, authorities said Wednesday.
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Meghan Markle: A "Confident Mixed-Race Woman" Marries Into The Royal Family
Ten children found living in squalid conditions in a California home were waterboarded, shot at with crossbows and had scalding water poured over them by their mother and her partner, authorities said Wednesday.
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The Harsh Interrogations Of Al-Qaida Detainees: Was It 'Torture' And Did It Help Find Bin Laden?
Talking about whether the administration of President George W. Bush allowed the torture of al-Qaida suspects - and whether the techniques, which included waterboarding, achieved results - is a lot like talking about religion. Either you believe it or you don't, and there is little bridging the chasm.
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CIA Says Mistakenly 'Shredded' US Senate Torture Report Then Did Not
The Central Intelligence Agency thought for months that it had mistakenly shredded a massive U.S. Senate report on its use of waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques" before suddenly discovering that its copy had not been lost after all, an agency official said on Tuesday.
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Donald Trump Says Torture Works But Will Follow CIA, Pentagon Advice
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he thinks waterboarding and other interrogation techniques widely seen as torture -- and prohibited by law -- "absolutely" work, but would refer to his CIA and Pentagon chiefs on whether to reinstate them.
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Retired US Generals To Donald Trump: 'Torture Is Unnecessary'
Dozens of retired top military brass have written to President-elect Donald Trump urging him not to follow through on campaign pledges to reinstate waterboarding, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
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Donald Trump Loves The Sheen Of The Brass, But Generals Come With Some Fixed Views
Retired four-stars may end up challenging him on waterboarding and the laws of war.
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Psychologists Behind CIA Interrogation Tactics Deny Torture
The acknowledgement by two former Air Force psychologists that they used waterboarding and other harsh tactics against detainees in the war on terror is a striking development, according to a human rights lawyer.
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Russia Shows What Happens When Terrorists' Families Are Targeted
The Russian approach, enough to make supporters of waterboarding wince, has by some accounts been grimly effective. Abductions of family members unwound the rebel leadership in Chechnya, for example.
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Donald Trump Backs Waterboarding And 'A Lot More' After Brussels Attacks
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States should use waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques when questioning terror suspects, and renewed his call for tougher US border security after the attacks in Brussels.
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Mass Killer Breivik Complains Of Isolation, Microwaved Meals
Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik told a court on Wednesday he suffered degrading conditions in prison, including microwaved meals that were "worse than waterboarding", as he argued the Norwegian state had violated his human rights.
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To Fight ISIS, Torture Terrorists, Kill Their Wives And Children: Donald Trump
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says that, as president, he would push to change laws that prohibit waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation methods, arguing that banning them puts the U.S. at a strategic disadvantage against ISIS militants.
