>>And oh this was the very next article posted on CNN...
>>"Five U.S. soldiers charged with detainee abuse..."
>>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/07/iraq.main/index.html
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>The very fact that soldiers are being charged with abusing detainees should make it clear that torture is not official US policy.

It appears to have been policy until they were caught.