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O `das tropas dos E.U. Iraq desculpa a tortura'
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Humphrey Hawksley
Um exame dos E.U. de éticas do campo de batalha entre tropas em Iraq encontrou tolerância difundida para a tortura em determinados circunstâncias e problemas com morale.
O exame, por uma equipe consultiva da saúde mental do exército, provou mais de 1.700 soldados e fuzileiros navais entre agosto e outubro 2006.
Examinou suas vistas para a tortura e a população civil Iraqi.
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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