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When you google “torture,” the US occupies two of the top three positions:

Torture – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is “any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, … en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture – 190k – Cached – Similar pages – Note this

Human Rights Watch – Torture – Abuse of Detainees – Iraq – Afghanistan

Human Rights Watch research and advocacy on the torture and mistreatment of US detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanmo Bay. www.hrw.org/campaigns/torture.htm – 24k – Cached – Similar pages – Note this

Annals of National Security: Torture at Abu Ghraib: The New Yorker

In the era of Saddam Hussein, Abu Ghraib, twenty miles west of Baghdad, was one of the world’s most notorious prisons, with torture, weekly executions, …

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If you google:

US + torture, you get 3,430,000 hits.

China + torture gets 349,000 hits

Iran + torture gets 652,000

England + torture gets 573,000

France + torture gets 714,000