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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (13683)	3/26/2012 10:58:57 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 85487

U.S. Military Commission, Yokohama, May 1-28, 1947 United States of America v. Hideji Nakamura, Yukio Asano, Seitara Hata, and Takeo Kita “Charge: That between 1 April, 1943 and 31 August, 1944, , at Fukoka Prisoner of War Branch Camp Number 3, Kyushu, Japan, the accused Yukio Asana, then a civilian serving as an interpreter with the Armed Forces of Japan, a nation then at war with the United States of America and its Allies, did violate the Laws and Customs of War. Specification 1: That in or about July or August, 1943, the accused Yukio Asano, did willfully and unlawfully, brutally mistreat and tortureMorris O. Killough, an American Prisoner of War, by beating and kicking him; by fastening him on a stretcher and pouring water up his nostrils. Specification 2: That on or about 15May, 1944, at Fukoka Prisoner of War Branch Camp Number 3, Kyushu, Japan, the accused Yukio Asano, did, willfully and unlawfully, brutally mistreat and torture Thomas B. Armitage, William O. Cash, and Munroe Dave Woodall, American Prisoners of War by beating and kicking them, by forcingwater into their mouths and noses; and by pressing lighted cigarettes against their bodies. Specification 5: That between 1 April, 1943 and 31 December, 1943, the accused Yukio Asano, did, willfully and unlawfully, brutally mistreat and torture JohnHenry Burton, an American Prisoner of War, by beating him; and by fastening him head downward on a stretcher and forcingwater into his nose.” Wallach, Evan. “Drop By Drop: Forgetting The History of Water Torture In U.S. Courts,” The Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, 2007. Read more: city-data.com they did more then just waterboarding.