{"id":114,"date":"2005-10-04T11:32:20","date_gmt":"2005-10-04T01:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.khanfactor.com\/blog\/?p=114"},"modified":"2005-10-04T11:32:20","modified_gmt":"2005-10-04T01:32:20","slug":"torture-of-iraqis-was-for-stress-relief-say-us-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khanfactor.com\/blog\/?p=114","title":{"rendered":"Torture of Iraqis was for “stress relief”, say US soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Neil Mackay<\/p>\n

FOR the first time, American soldiers who personally tortured Iraqi prisoners have come forward to give testimony to human rights organisations about crimes they committed.
\nThree soldiers, a captain and two sergeants from the 82nd Airborne Division stationed at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Mercury near Fallujah in Iraq have told Human Rights Watch how prisoners were tortured both as a form of stress relief and as a way of breaking them for interrogation sessions. More<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Neil Mackay FOR the first time, American soldiers who personally tortured Iraqi prisoners have come forward to give testimony to human rights organisations about crimes they committed. Three soldiers, a captain and two sergeants from the 82nd Airborne Division … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t