# The softer side of Abu Ghraib

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-softer-side-of-abu-ghraib/263525>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 7, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-softer-side-of-abu-ghraib/263525 "2004-09-07T19:44:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-softer-side-of-abu-ghraib/263525/1 "2004-09-07T19:44:42Z")

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[Interrogation Overhaul Producing More Intel](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,131577,00.html)

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> BAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. military is reaping more high-quality intelligence tips from Iraqi prisoners than ever since it jettisoned several coercive interrogation techniques after the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal in May, the American general in charge of Iraqi prisons said Monday.
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> The number of tips on insurgent operations or on the structure and financing of anti-U.S. guerrilla bands has increased 50 percent since January, Army Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller said in a briefing with reporters.

Makes one wonder if a more “sensitive” approach is called for after all, eh?

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-softer-side-of-abu-ghraib/263525/2 "2004-09-07T19:58:07Z")

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Don’t know about sensitive, but certainly humane. It isn’t necessary to be a pussy to be civilized.