She died a hero [1]:
Army specialist Alyssa Peterson was an Arabic speaking interrogator assigned to the prison at the Tal-afar airbase in far northwestern Iraqnear the Syrian border. According to the Army's investigation into her death, obtained by a KNAU reporter through the Freedom of Information Act, Peterson objected to the interrogation techniques used on prisoners. She refused to participate after only two nights working in the unit known as the cage. Army spokespersons for her unit have refused to describe the interrogation techniques Alyssa objected to. They say all records of those techniques have now been destroyed.
Instead she was assigned to the base gate, where she monitored Iraqi guards. She was sent to suicide prevention training. But on the night of September 15th, 2003, Army investigators concluded she shot and killed herself with her service rifle.
 Alyssa Peterson graduated from Flagstaff High School and earned a psychology degree from Northern Arizona University on a military scholarship. She was trained in interrogation techniques at Fort Huachuca in southern Arizona, before being deployed to the Middle East in 2003.
Our Dear Leader says we do not torture. So why are we destroying records of our interrogation techniques? What do we have to hide? What kinds of techniques require the aid of a psychologist? Do the Bushies honestly believe that the definition of torture is somehow restricted to the physical? Are they stupid or merely obtuse?
Also, let’s not forget to feel a wellspring of sympathy for the other victim of this torture. Let’s not forget that the guards are prisoners themselves. People like Alyssa Paterson may be the ones with the guns, but they are stuck there like all others. Stuck in a lie. Stuck in a state of denial. Only the most perverted minds would fail to count her among the growing casualties of this ill-begotten nightmare.
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Links:
[1] http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/knau/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=989178
[2] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fthehindsightfactor.com%2Fus_soldier_commits_suicide_after_refusing_to_torture&linkname=US%20soldier%20commits%20suicide%20after%20refusing%20to%20torture
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Damn shame,