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sentenced to a year or more in prison”—four of these as a result of the highly publicized crimes they had committed at Abu Ghraib.40 More worrying still, strong anecdotal evidence suggests that reported crimes were only the small, visible portion of the massive iceberg of detainee abuse, the vast bulk of which is impossible to accurately measure because it went unreported.41 Mental Health Advisory Teams conducted two surveys in Iraq and Afghanistan that support this conclusion. At the request of Gen. David Petraeus, the Multinational Forces-Iraq commander, the fourth iteration of their survey included questions pertaining to battlefield conduct—the first time since World War II the ethics of service members had been systematically surveyed during combat.42 The results of this 2006 survey were distressing: The survey found that only 47 percent of soldiers and 38 percent of marines agreed that noncombatants should be treated with dignity and respect. More than one-third of all soldiers and marines reported that torture should be allowed to save the life of a fellow soldier or marine, and less than half of marines said they would report a team membe ??? [?]X?[?Z]?[??[ ?? L \??[?? ??Y\??[?X\?[?\? ?\?YZ\? ?X][??????X?][? ??[XY?[?? ??\? H ?[?] ?\????X?\??\?K? ?H?Y? ?\??^H ?\?YH ?[Z[\? \??[?Y?H? ?\??X?HY[X?\?? ?^Z[?? ^HYZ\? ?X]Y????X?][? ?[? [??X?\??\?[ H[XY?Y??[ ??&H ??\? K?
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