General Richardo Sanchez

Sanchez Orchestrated Torture Tactics in Iraq --It was claimed that General Richardo Sanchez, a US military commander in Iraq, determined the interrogation techniques applied on Iraqi prisoners by US soldiers.

Richardo Sanchez, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, said he believed the insurgency against the American occupation would continue despite the capture of former leader Saddam Hussein."
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Sanchez "said that even if American forces captured or killed Saddam Hussein, that would not extinguish the resolve of the guerrilla fighters."

General Richardo Sanchez, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq was with troops at Camp Victory in Baghdad.

General Richardo Sanchez, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, said that troops should expect to serve for at least a year, with brief rest breaks.

General Richardo Sanchez, the senior U.S. military commander in Iraq, sent a secret cable to Central Command outlining more aggressive interrogation methods he planned to use immediately.

According to documents obtained by the Washington Post, as reported in the Spanish newspaper El País, Madrid, it was the U.S. commander in Iraq, General Richardo Sanchez himself, who authorized the use of something resembling torture of Iraqi prisoners.
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According to a list of techniques drawn up September 10 by General Sanchez's authority, if not his personal command, no prisoner was to be subjected to "inhuman or maliciously humiliating treatment," but extremely loud music, withdrawal of heat in winter and of cooling in the summer, and the imposition of "pressure postures," all were explicitly permitted without the need to obtain official approval for each use.The revelation of the specific responsibility of General Sanchez and Secretary Rumsfeld will certainly be exploited to the full by the Democratic opposition and by the media sources that support them.

Sanchez Orchestrated Torture Tactics in Iraq

Thursday, March 31 2005 @ 08:02 AM Central Standard Time

It was claimed that General Richardo Sanchez, a US military commander in Iraq, determined the interrogation techniques applied on Iraqi prisoners by US soldiers.

In an information memo, reportedly, prepared by General Sanchez in September 2003 and seized by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the techniques to be used during the interrogations of Iraqi prisoners were mentioned.According to the memo, most of the techniques such as shouting at or continually agitating the prisoners are listed among the methods applied.Soldiers were authorized to use dogs during the interrogations in order to exploit Arabs' phobia of dogs.Switching on and off the lights, defined as "light control", and prisoners were held under pressure in various positions and using different methods; however, the ACLU emphasizes that all these techniques are illegal and supports that Sanchez should be held responsible for the bad treatment and torture.

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