ISIL Waterboarded Western Captives
Come home to roost.
At least four hostages held in Syria by the Islamic State, including an American journalist who was recently executed by the group, were waterboarded in the early part of their captivity, according to people familiar with the treatment of the kidnapped Westerners.
James Foley was among the four who were waterboarded several times by Islamic State militants who appeared to model the technique on the CIA's use of waterboarding to interrogate suspected terrorists after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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Considering how viscous and cruel ISIL has proven to be, I'd take being waterboarded over the alternatives...
Queue the footage of Dick Cheney insisting how waterboarding isn't torture.
Where is the information coming from?
I'm tired of reading, "a source close to James Foley"...etc.
I wonder how many people the USA's military has water-boarded.
Over/Under?
who appeared to model the technique on the CIA's use of waterboarding
That there is some hard, fact based journ-o-lism.
Since the neocons insist its not torture, they have nothing to complain about.