Torture Backfires and Leads to the War in Iraq


	Torture Backfires and Leads to the War in Iraq

ratilfar

6-4-2008 11:58 AM

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iraq, afghanistan, war on terror, lies, torture, stupidity, disaster, horror, cowardice

ratilfar says:

"No wonder DIA was skeptical of al-Libi's information. Not only did the details of his testimony seem inconsistent with known facts, but DIA knew perfectly well he had given up this information only under torture and was probably just saying anything that came to mind in order to get it to stop."

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