40 Per Cent Of Australians Believe It Is Acceptable To Torture Enemy Soldiers

Australian soldiers mix with locals in southern Afghanistan. (ADF)

40pc Think Torturing Enemy Soldiers OK -- ABC News (Australia)

A new study has found more than 40 per cent of Australians believe it is acceptable to torture enemy soldiers in certain circumstances.

The survey of over 1,000 people by the Australian Red Cross found two in five believed torturing to obtain important military information was OK, even though most knew it was illegal.

The "People on War" survey was released to mark the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions.

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Update: Torture OK with many, poll finds -- The Age

My Comment:Forget about the Aussies .... let us do the same poll in Pakistan, certain parts of Iraq, Somalia ....

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