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August 29, 2014

Report: Islamic State Waterboarded Western Prisoners 
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Four Western hostages held by the Islamic State in Syria were reportedly
subjected to waterboarding, a key Bush-era torture method that simulates
drowning. The Washington Post reports the hostages were waterboarded
"several times" early in their captivity, including the murdered
American journalist James Foley. The ISIL waterboarding was apparently
modeled on the CIA's use of it to interrogate prisoners following 9/11.
President Obama banned waterboarding upon taking office in 2009 and
recently described it as torture.

 

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