Islam as interrogation tool: need for limits? (Inside the Wire)

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http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0516/p11s02-usmi.htm

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In his book, Saar describes a tumultuous atmosphere made more intense than usual because of religious tensions. US personnel, he wrote, routinely tempted detainees to look at pornographic magazines and videos, which Islam forbids. Female interrogators, sometimes dressed provocatively, violated Islamic strictures by rubbing against detainees and even leading one to believe he was being wiped with menstrual blood.

"Had someone come to me before I left for Gitmo and told me we would use women to sexually torment detainees to try to sever their relationships with God, I probably would have thought that sounded fine," writes Saar. "But I hated myself when I walked out of that room.... We lost the high road.... There wasn't enough hot water in all of Cuba to make me feel clean."

The Army, which cleared Saar's book for publication, says the policy is to treat detainees humanely, and an investigation into his allegations is under way.

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A conservative Evangelical, Saar says he can't reconcile what he's seen with his own faith. Others in that Christian community, however, have called him unpatriotic for criticizing US interrogation practices.

As I mentioned in previous posts - this guy was a proud 2000 Bush/Cheney supporter.

[applegrove]

1. Thank you for finding this article. Good points and discussion points

made.

This is where the discussion should be.

So that moderate Muslims can see that we don't hate them.

Hopefully the grover fax tree bit on Newsweek being responsible for Islamist reaction will be over with by the end of the day and we can get on to the greater and more important debate.

Thank you for posting.