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June 1, 2009

Petraeus Admits US Violated Geneva Conventions
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The head of the US Central Command, General David Petraeus, admitted in
a TV interview that the United States has violated the Geneva
Conventions. Petraeus made the comment while expressing support for
President Obama’s decision to ban certain extreme interrogation
techniques, but he did not specifically say which parts of the Geneva
Conventions had been violated.

General David Petraeus: “When we have taken steps that have violated the
Geneva Convention, we rightly have been criticized. And so, as we move
forward, I think it’s important to again live our values, to live the
agreements that we have made in the international justice arena and to
practice those.”