(Australian) Troops undergo extreme torture training

[sabra]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=58476

Troops undergo extreme torture training

Elite Australian soldiers are being blindfolded, stripped naked and threatened by savage dogs during extreme torture training exercises.

The regime has been approved at the highest level of government and is about to be upgraded in response to the threat from enemies who do not abide by the Geneva Conventions, the Weekend Australian newspaper reports.

Defence Minister Robert Hill confirmed that soldiers were threatened with physical and sexual abuse during simulated interrogation sessions at the Defence Intelligence Training Centre in Queensland.

"When approved by the exercise director, working military dogs that are muzzled and short-leashed may be used during advanced RTI (resistance to interrogation) training, in the presence of RTI trainees (including naked trainees) on order to create realism," Senator Hill said in a written response to a parliamentary question.

These methods sound familiar?

[parsnips]

1. Yes. Same stuff our soldiers have been put thru by the bastards

trying to kill us.

[atreides1]

4. So you admit it

Bush and Rumsfled are trying to kill U.S. troops? It's about time.

[sabra]

5. welcome to DU!

Please further explain: "bastards trying to kill us" ?

[VegasWolf]

9. He must have had two windows open and typed his message on

the wrong board.

[uppityperson]

11. You don't think it is an Iraqi?

[VegasWolf]

13. Wellllll, it could be, not ruling out the possibility!!!

:toast:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

6. The bastards trying to kill you don't come from Iraq.

Just sayin'.

[uppityperson]

8. Wow, an Iraqi is posting here. Welcome to DU

May your stay be peaceful and productive. I really hate what Mr.bush is doing to your country and am working hard at trying to stop it. Where in Iraq are you from?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

16. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

:rofl: :thumbsup:

[Career Prole]

2. How come? Aren't we on their side? n/t

[VegasWolf]

3. Yes, our elite troops too. My son-in-law just went through it. No picnic!

[cal04]

7. The Australian/SAS naked and bound in training

AUSTRALIAN soldiers are being blindfolded, stripped naked and menaced by savage dogs for up to three hours in extreme training exercises to prepare them to resist torture.The intensive regime, approved at the highest level of government, is about to be upgraded in response to the growing threat from enemies who do not respect the rules of the Geneva Conventions.

Defence Minister Robert Hill has confirmed interrogators are authorised to use threats of physical and sexual abuse during simulated interrogation sessions at the Defence Intelligence Training Centre at Canungra, near the Gold Coast.

"When approved by the exercise director, working military dogs that are muzzled and short-leashed may be used during advanced RTI (resistance to interrogation) training, in the presence of RTI trainees (including naked trainees), in order to create realism," Senator Hill said in a written response to a parliamentary question from federal Labor MP Daryl Melham.

The use of guard dogs by US soldiers at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib jail last year to intimidate Iraqi prisoners provoked worldwide outrage and led to prosecutions of American personnel.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16320916%255E601,00.html

[Trillo]

10. Aren't civilians going to need this "training"? nt

(I wish it was sarcasm)

[mike_c]

12. they anticipate being captured by U.S. troops?

:shrug:

[VegasWolf]

14. Too damn funny!! Well said! nt

[TahitiNut]

15. Convenient. Training both the torturees and the torturers.

Are they using American advisors? :eyes:

[daleo]

18. Good point.

This way they get to train soldiers how to torture, as a "side benefit" of training the others how to withstand torture.

Rather like developing biological weapons in order to find vaccines, "in case one is attacked".

[Ms. Clio]

17. "enemies who do not abide by the Geneva Conventions"

Hmmmm. So what nation has arbitrarily reinterpreted the Conventions or contemptuously dismissed them as "quaint?"

Sounds like the Aussies are preparing for war with those guys.

[anakie]

19. not surprising really

as the Australian government is about the only government that 100 per cent agrees with the US regimes tactics at Guantanamo Bay.

[Karenina]

20. This must STOP.

It's bullshit and MUST STOP.

[Solly Mack]

21. "threat from enemies who do not abide by the Geneva Conventions"

Nothing like a little rationalization to get the self righteous juices flowing...

Why bother with honor and integrity when you can torture people!