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US appears guilty of torture: Pelosi
 The United States appears to be illegally torturing terror suspects contrary to denials by President George W Bush, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday.The countrys highest ranking Democrat also said that she still hoped to get most US troops out of Iraq by the end of 2008, despite the partys repeated failure to win over enough Republicans in Congress to an exit strategy. Interviewed on Fox News, Pelosi said reported interrogation tactics such as simulated drowning, head slapping and exposure to extreme temperatures would amount to banned torture. There is a legal definition of torture that I believe this would fit. The president says it is not, she said. But the House speaker said she had received only limited briefings from the Bush administration on its interrogation tactics, and had not seen a controversial 2005 memo issued by the Justice Department. Posted by: Fred 2007-10-08 |
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