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  • U.S. Changes Arrest Techniques in Iraq ( Reducing actions considered humiliating by Iraqis )

    09/03/2004 9:37:19 PM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 17 replies · 420+ views
    Las Vegas Sun ^ | September 03, 2004 at 21:03:02 PDT | JIM KRANE
    BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The U.S. military is avoiding once-common arrest techniques like bagging suspects' heads, the U.S. commander in charge of the Iraqi capital said, because such actions are considered humiliating by Iraqis and pushing new recruits into the insurgency. "You've got to see it from a force protection standpoint: You're making more enemies," U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Peter Chiarelli told The Associated Press. "When we mistreat one person I've got a net increase of nine enemies." Soldiers are told to avoid handcuffing or blindfolding suspects - often done by placing a cloth sack over a suspect's head -...