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Il `delle truppe degli Stati Uniti Irak perdona la tortura'
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Humphrey Hawksley
Un'indagine degli Stati Uniti dell'etica del campo di battaglia fra le truppe in Irak ha trovato la tolleranza diffusa per tortura nelle determinati circostanze e problemi con il morale.
L'indagine, da una squadra consultiva di salute mentale dell'esercito, ha provato pił di 1.700 soldati e fanti di marina fra agosto e l'ottobre 2006.
Ha esaminato i loro punti di vista verso tortura e la popolazione civile irachena.
A Pentagon official said the survey had looked under every rock and what was found was not always easy to look at.
The Pentagon survey found that less than half the troops in Iraq thought Iraqi civilians should be treated with dignity and respect.
More than a third believed that torture was acceptable if it helped save the life of a fellow soldier or if it helped get information about the insurgents.
About 10% of those surveyed said they had actually mistreated Iraqi civilians by hitting or kicking them, or had damaged their property when it was not necessary to do so.
Troops suffering from anxiety, depression or stress were more likely to engage in unethical behaviour, together with those who had had a colleague wounded or killed in their unit.
Shorten deployments
A key recommendation to emerge was to shorten the tours of duty.
Those deployed longer than six months, or who had been to Iraq several times, were more likely to suffer from mental health problems.
But presently thousands of extra troops are being sent to Iraq as part of an offensive to try to curb the insurgency by October.
Tours are being extended, and units that do go home are being allowed less time to recover before being sent back.
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