[Mb-civic] The Israeli Torture Template: Rape, Feces and Urine-Dipped Cloth Sacks

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The Israeli Torture Template:  Rape, Feces and Urine-Dipped Cloth Sacks

http://www.counterpunch.org/madsen05102004.html

With mounting evidence that a shadowy group of former Israeli Defense Force 
and General Security Service (Shin Bet) Arabic-speaking interrogators were 
hired by the Pentagon under a classified "carve out" sub-contract to 
brutally interrogate Iraqi prisoners at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, one 
only needs to examine the record of abuse of Palestinian and Lebanese 
prisoners in Israel to understand what Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld 
meant, when referring to new, yet to be released photos and videos, he 
said, "if these images are released to the public, obviously its going to 
make matters worse."

According to a political appointee within the Bush administration and U.S. 
intelligence sources, the interrogators at Abu Ghraib included a number of 
Arabic-speaking Israelis who also helped U.S. interrogators develop the 
"R2I" (Resistance to Interrogation) techniques. Many of the torture methods 
were developed by the Israelis over many years of interrogating Arab 
prisoners on the occupied West Bank and in Israel itself.

Considering Feith's close ties to the Israelis, such a reaction by his top 
computer security officer, a Certified Information System Security 
Professional (CISSP), is understandable, although considering the fact that 
CISSPs are to act on behalf of the public good, it is also regrettable.

When Rumsfeld had problems answering McCain's question, Lt. Gen. Lance 
Smith, the Deputy Commander of the U.S. Central Command, said there were 37 
contract interrogators used in Abu Ghraib. The two named contractors, CACI 
and Titan, have close ties to the Israeli military and technology 
communities. Last January 14, after Provost Marshal General of the Army, 
Major General Donald Ryder, had already uncovered abuse at Abu Ghraib, 
CACI's President and CEO, Dr. J.P. (Jack) London was receiving the 
Jerusalem Fund of Aish HaTorah's Albert Einstein Technology award at the 
Jerusalem City Hall, with right-wing Likud politician Israeli Defense 
Minister Shaul Mofaz and ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party 
Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski in attendance. Oddly, CACI waited until 
February 2 to publicly announce the award in a press release. CACI has also 
received grants from U.S.-Israeli bi-national foundations.


CheeseNote:  Interesting reading, short article, read it all if you get the 
chance.




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