Forced nudity, sleep deprivation, painful shackling--had been used for years to prepare US fighter pilots for possible capture by an enemy. But Col. Steven Kleinman, an Air Force instructor, said he was shocked in 2003 to see the same harsh methods used haphazardly on Iraqis in a US prison camp. "It had morphed into a form of punishment for those who wouldn't cooperate," said Kleinman. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.