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...Army Surgeon General is investigating whether some doctors helped direct what amounts to psychological torture. Though no evidence has surfaced that mental-health professionals sanctioned the beatings and sexual humiliation that guards at Abu Ghraib are accused of inflicting, Army investigators did find that military-intelligence officers at the prison had psychiatrists review their "interrogation plans" for Iraqi detainees. If any mental-health professionals supervised such pressure tactics as sleep deprivation or the use of military dogs to threaten prisoners during interrogations, that would cross an ethical line, says an Army psychiatrist. "We should not be using our abilities...
...saying that when dog bites man, it's not news, but when man bites dog, it is. Your report of the sexually loaded torment of prisoners at Guantánamo is hardly shocking. After what happened (and probably continues to occur) in Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib and Bagram, Afghanistan, such abuse by U.S. forces has come to be accepted as the norm. When we hear of prisoners being humanely treated by their U.S. captors, that will indeed be news. Tony Correia-Afonso Benaulim, India...
...saying that when dog bites man it's not news, but when man bites dog, it is. Your report of the sexually loaded torment of prisoners at Guantánamo is hardly shocking. After what happened (and probably continues to occur) in Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib and Bagram, Afghanistan, such abuse by U.S. forces has come to be accepted as the norm. When we hear of prisoners being humanely treated by their U.S. captors, that will indeed be news. Tony Correia-Afonso Benaulim, India Peddling Nuclear Secrets You called Khan "the merchant of Menace" [Feb. 14] for his sale...
...must point out that the U.S. has the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons and is the only country to have used them on human beings. In the process of removing Saddam Hussein, the U.S. showered conventional bombs on Iraq, killing innocent citizens. The torturing of prisoners in Abu Ghraib was also a heinous crime. So it is hypocritical for Americans to condemn Khan when it is the U.S. that has lost the confidence and trust of the world. Nizar Ali London...
...Physician-Assisted Abuse "The Abu Ghraib scandal you don't Know" described how the prison's medical system became an "instrument of abuse, by design and by neglect" [Feb. 14]. It is inexcusable that the U.S. did not provide adequate medical services and supplies for prisoners. All the abuses and atrocities committed at Abu Ghraib must continue to be reported to the American public. U.S. citizens need to know and to demand an accounting and restitution by our officials. Karen A. Netwal St. Paul, Minnesota...