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Allegations
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One is becoming rather
tired of prisoner of war abuse in Iraq. Thirty years ago, when I was in Regular
Force, New Zealand Army, at Waiouru, we had an OCTU (Officer Cadet Training
Unit) where young men aged 19 or 20 were assessed and evaluated for their
potential. One of the assessments
was an "escape and evasion" exercise. One cadet was caught by the
DS (Directing Staff) who urinated on him to demean and humiliate him. At
this, he lost his "cool". The staff's comment later was to explain
that if he couldn't "hack" that, how did he think he could handle
what a real enemy might do to him? How true. No names, no
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