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Torture and the Modern World
Jonathan Alter's Nov. 5 Opinion piece, "Time to Think About Torture," elicited vigorous protest from many readers. One equated the use of torture with "going back to the Middle Ages." Many also considered the idea as "traitorous to the ideals that keep America on the high moral ground," as one reader said. "Torture would negate the values on which our civilization was founded," another declared. However, not everyone considered the suggestion unreasonable. As one reader pointed out, "Being helplessly civilized leaves us at the mercy of the beast."
Taking On Torture
I applaud Jonathan Alter for asking hard questions ...
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...they hand over to the United States. Habib stated that...interrogation, only torture." His skin was burned...his testimony on the torture he suffered in Egypt...substantial evidence that the United States routinely and knowingly...the application of torture by transferring ...
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- Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) May 6, 2006 700+ words
The un grilled the United States on its compliance with the global ban on torture yesterday for the first...the absolute ban on torture to its interrogation...taken,' he said. The United States, like the 140 other...the Convention Against Torture, must submit reports...
