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Former U.S. Army Interrogator Describes the Harsh Techniques
He Used in Iraq, Detainee Abuse by Marines and Navy Seals
and Why “Torture is the Worst Possible Thing We Could
Do”
Former U.S. Army Interrogator Describes the Harsh
Techniques He Used in Iraq, Detainee Abuse by Marines and
Navy Seals and Why “Torture is the Worst Possible Thing
We Could Do”
With deep remorse, former U.S. Army interrogator Specialist
Tony Lagouranis talks about his own involvement with abusing
detainees in Iraq and torture carried out by the Navy Seals.
He apologizes to the Iraqi people and urges U.S. soldiers
to follow their conscience. Lagouranis returned from Iraq
in January and until now had given no live interviews. But
Lagouranis says he now feels it his duty to speak out about
what he witnessed in Iraq [includes partial
transcript]:
- His use of harsh interrogation techniques on prisoners
in Iraq including dogs, sleep deprivation, prolonged isolation
and dietary manipulation.
- How Navy SEALS induced hypothermia by using ice water
to lower the body temperature of prisoners.
- Serving in Fallujah and going through the clothes and
pockets of some 500 dead bodies to try and identify them.
- The corpses on men, women and children in Fallujah, which
had been lying in the streets for days and had been "eaten
by dogs and birds and maggots," were then stacked up
in a warehouse where U.S. soldiers ate and slept.
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