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iKauai

10/22/09 2:27 PM

#84785 RE: omegahpla #84780

Waterboarding is considered torture to many ppl, contries and organizations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterboarding

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"Classification as torture
Waterboarding is considered to be torture by a wide range of authorities, including legal experts,[3][4][34] politicians, war veterans,[5][6] intelligence officials,[9] military judges,[10] and human rights organizations.[11][12] David Miliband, the United Kingdom Foreign Secretary described it as torture on July 19, 2008, and stated "the UK unreservedly condemns the use of torture."[35] Arguments have been put forward that it might not be torture in all cases, or that it is unclear.[36][37][38][39] The U.S. State Department has recognized "submersion of the head in water" as torture in other circumstances, for example, in its 2005 Country Report on Tunisia.[40]"

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arizona1

10/22/09 8:23 PM

#84858 RE: omegahpla #84780

You find one obscure reference to waterboarding in a WWII incident which included much worse?

Conservative radio hosts gets waterboarded, and lasts six seconds before saying its torture.
http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/05/conservative-radio-hosts-waterboarded/

The question is....how long would you last?