Waterboarding used by other groups as torture taint USA


	Waterboarding used by other groups as torture taint USA

Barry_1066

11-2-2007 1:32 PM

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bush, political, politics, waterboarding, mukasey, torture

Barry_1066 says:

So -- the Spanish Inquisition, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge, the WWII Japanees soldiers, all used waterboarding torture and now the U.S. Military under orders of George W. Bush and Dick Chaney -- good company we in the U.S. are keeping aren't we.

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