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Friday, May 04, 2007

Pentagon Conducts Troop Ethics Study

10 Percent Say They've Abused Civilians; 40 Percent Say They Support Some Torture
Associated Press May 4, 2007 09:31 PM
In a survey of U.S. troops in combat in Iraq, less than half of Marines and a little more than half of Army soldiers said they would report a member of their unit for killing or wounding an innocent civilian.
More than 40 percent support the idea of torture in some cases, and 10 percent reported personally abusing Iraqi civilians, the Pentagon said Friday in what it called its first ethics study of troops at the war front. Units exposed to the most combat were chosen for the study, officials said.
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