"Water Boarding" Banned In Interrogations

Method That Simulates Drowning Has Been Used On Several Al Qaeda Prisoners

(CBS)  U.S. officials confirm that water boarding -- a controversial interrogation technique in which prisoners are made to feel like they are drowning -- has been banned from the coercive techniques that can be used in questioning high-value prisoners, reports CBS News national security correspondent David Martin.

A handful of senior al Qaeda prisoners held by the Central Intelligence Agency in secret prisons, including Khalid Sheik Mohammed, were subjected to water boarding in an effort to get information about terror plots against the United States.

The technique has not been used against any prisoners in the last couple years. Other coercive techniques -- such as stress positions and sleep deprivation -- can still be used.

Officially, the CIA never admitted it used water boarding. Therefore it also refuses to say whether it has been banned.

[Krazcarl]

toetex do like the hat no cattle never heard that one

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We Shall Overcome, Someday..believe it

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Einstein, I hope your team won todat, mine did.

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Einstein, you are all hat, no cattle...

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That''s Horses*** son...

[Krazcarl]

toeless Look at it from human perspective not the late night news research you materail not jump on the easy boat.

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Golden Dome mosque is bombed again

Reuters, The Associated Press
Published: June 13, 2007

BAGHDAD: Insurgent bombers Wednesday destroyed the two minarets of Samarra''s Askariya Shiite shrine, site of a 2006 bombing that shattered its famous Golden Dome and unleashed a wave of retaliatory sectarian violence that still bloodies Iraq. Sunni extremists of Al Qaeda were quickly blamed.

Did I miss something here Einstein? And do not bring that weak rhetoric, bring facts%u2026

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Al-Qaeda (also al-Qaida or al-Qa''ida or al-Qa''idah) (Arabic: %u0627%u0644%u0642%u0627%u0639%u062F%u0629%u200E al-q%u0101%u0295ida, translation: The Base) is an international alliance of militant Sunni jihadist organizations.

Buy a clue...

[Krazcarl]

Ah toetex he''s not a sunni get your FACTS straight his angle is middle ground.

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OK Einstein, I would love to stay here and be enlightened by your insults. However, it is gametime.

I hear a hot rumor that Bin Laden is in Iran, I%u2019m sure that someone with you (special) grasp of the situation will have no problem locating him and bringing him back dead or alive. Write us when you have him.

Oh, one last thing, while you%u2019re over there kickin%u2019 in doors, just remember that Iran is Shia and Mr Bin Laden is a Sunnis jihadist.

[Krazcarl]

toetex you have just proven my point.

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Alan Greenspan claims Iraq war was really for oil

War...torturing pisioners....You know what youre right, they have nothing in common - Brillant!

[Krazcarl]

toetex your are the most drugged out loser here were not talking about militaty spending were discussing torture you have 5 post on this page alone your a know it all idiot that tries to impress with facts that have nothing to do with the issue at hand have a hit be president in your mind might want to up your meds.

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I have two things that really get me going, neither of which are confused people that pretend that they are who they are not on the internet.

One is the amount of money we spend on the military - over 430 Billion dollars. That%u2019s more than the next 25 countries combined. If you only took a small percentage of that, less than 8 Billion which is the next highest expenditure for education, you could provide health care for every child in this country, feed every hungry kid in this country and rebuild the infrastructure of this country.

The other thing is the cooperate medias roll in enabling Bushs folly. I%u2019ll give you a good example, last night I posted the article about Alan Greenspans new book that states that the prime motive for the war in Iraq was oil. Do you see anything on this site regarding his revelation?

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Crzmeat - Are you and drummer94 sharing a place?

[Krazcarl]

Taotxzen if your were only half as bright as you think you are you would be doing something other than writing ramling blogs that have 0 to do with topic except in your own mind. I''m not a bleeding heart but am liberal. As fot the confused thing ah the pot calling the kettle black. Yes your lonely and want to prove your intelligence on a blog YOU FAILED

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Crzmeat

Why is it that you preface your comments by, Im a bleeding heart liberal. How many Pergressives refer to themselves and bleeding heart liberals? Then you proceed to go on a hate-filled rant that sounds like its approved by Tom DeLay.

You are a very confusseed soul.

[Krazcarl]

taotexn you are the first blithering idiot that has ever hinted I''m right wing if you would read someones post other than your own you would see that. You ARE lonely and teribly bright which is obvious time for a couple 3 more most isn''t it.

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%u201CI am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil,%u201D -Alan Greenspan

Sorry Mr.Greenspan but not everyone is so astute -see crzmeat - poster boy for right-wing authoritarian followers...

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crzmeat

Here''s a new one:

The Sunday Times
September 16, 2007

Alan Greenspan claims Iraq war was really for oil

Graham Paterson
AMERICA%u2019s elder statesman of finance, Alan Greenspan, has shaken the White House by declaring that the prime motive for the war in Iraq was oil.

In his long-awaited memoir, to be published tomorrow, Greenspan, a Republican whose 18-year tenure as head of the US Federal Reserve was widely admired, will also deliver a stinging critique of President George W Bush%u2019s economic policies.

However, it is his view on the motive for the 2003 Iraq invasion that is likely to provoke the most controversy. %u201CI am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil,%u201D he says.

Greenspan, 81, is understood to believe that Saddam Hussein posed a threat to the security of oil supplies in the Middle East.

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Britain and America have always insisted the war had nothing to do with oil. Bush said the aim was to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction and end Saddam%u2019s support for terrorism.