"split axis"
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seymour hersh, the author of the new yorker article that first highlighted the abuse inflicted upon iraqi prisoners by american jailors, based much of his report on general antonio taguba's report, where the general himself had stated that what the captured were facing were "sadistic, blatant and wanton criminal abuses". you can get the cnn interview with hersh here.

as it is, the prison system in iraq already had rampant widespread torture from last fall til now, and taguba's report was submitted to the american government in february. each prison has its own special interrogation division, and most of their methods have been described as..."routine". if the treatment of the iraqi prisoners is a testament to the "standardization" of interrogation practices, then help us all; they're no better than the men they went to liberate the iraqi people from.

not exactly the best way to quell down anti-american sentiment, is it? it keeps on getting worse.