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Commentary: Abu Ghraib and the Dark Side of Humanity

NPR
Published May 19, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

- As part of our series of commentaries on the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American troops, psychotherapist Jeffrey Harper says that the desire to act towards enemies with cruelty -- and take pleasure from it -- is human nature.

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