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- OPINION FEATURE: American torture past and present
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  Many Americans were puzzled by the news, in 1902, that United States soldiers were torturing Filipinos with water. The United States, throughout its emergence as a world power, had spoken the language of liberation, rescue, and freedom. This was the language that, when coupled with expanding military and commercial ambitions, had helped launch two very different wars. The
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- Justice Official Defends Rough CIA Interrogations
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  The Bush administration allowed CIA interrogators to use tactics that were "quite distressing, uncomfortable, even frightening," as long as they did not cause enough severe and lasting pain to constitute illegal torture, a senior Justice Department official said last week.
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- Britain releases secret file from before Iraq war| Reuters
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  The British government released a once-secret draft document on Monday that was drawn up to justify going to war in Iraq, succumbing to three years of pressure from freedom of information campaigners
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- US 'surge' likely to end with more troops in Iraq than before: general
  Posted by okami from Spacewar
  The US "surge" is likely to end in July with more troops in Iraq than the 132,000 that were there before five extra combat brigades were sent in more than a year ago, a senior Pentagon official said.
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- Dogs of War: The pay gap myth
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  Frequently in the history of military and security issues the public and policymakers take for granted the conventional wisdom of the day. That is, until it is proven false.
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- Mideast crisis keeps growing
  Posted by okami from Spacewar
  To try and better understand the Middle East, it helps to take in a broader perspective of the situation -- to step back and examine the problem with some distance.
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- US military accused of harboring fundamentalism
  Posted by okami from Spacewar
  Since his last combat deployment in Iraq, Jeremy Hall has had a rough time, getting shoved and threatened by his fellow soldiers. The trouble started there when he would not pray in the mess hall.
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National security agencies have failed in Iraq, Afghanistan (3/10/08) -- www.GovernmentExecutive.com

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8:12 am 3/15/08

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