Sex Abuse Is Poor Interrogation Tool, Israelis Say

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040517/wl_nm/iraq_torture_israel_dc&cid=574&ncid=1473

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Sexual humiliation of the kind practiced by U.S. military police at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq (news - web sites) does little to help interrogators gain useful information from prisoners, Israeli counter-terrorism experts said Monday.


Israel, perhaps unique in having public debate and legal guidelines on the use of physical coercion against suspects, does not use Abu Ghraib-type methods despite its close ties with the United States on security matters, they said.


"Under questioning, a terrorist should be made to yield. Sexual abuse goes too far by breaking him, so it's not an option," Ami Ayalon, former chief of Israel's Shin Bet domestic security service, told Reuters.


"A broken man will say anything. That information is worthless."

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[ixion]

1. Take it from someone who knows, I guess

The Israeli government tortures as much as the best of them, I imagine, if their actions are any indication.

[mouse7]

7. (a sick and sad) LOL!

The fucking idiots can't even bully people right.

The kid down the street from me had the bully concept down solid by early first grade.

[nodictators]

2. Does this mean that Rummy and his boys are perverts?

Since sexual "abuse" (the euphemism used by the media that seems to include sex acts, sodomy, and even rape) isn't effective. it logically follows that the people who designed and/or approved this policy are perverted.

[struggle4progress]

4. You even need to ask? eom

[goodhue]

5. it means they failed to do their homework as per usual n/t

[vernon_nackulus]

3. Clearly they know this through trial and error

[newyawker99]

9. Hi vernon_nackulus!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[riverwalker]

6. Israels main export

to the world: torture instructions and expertise.

[Jacobin]

8. hmmm, sounds like experience speaking.

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