I have heard that we executed several Japanese war ciminals after WWI, and that waterboarding was AMONG the things they were charged with.. I have never heard that a Japanese war criminal was hung (this is how they were all executed I believe..) specifically for water boarding, or water boarding only..
All of that is hearsay on my part however.. I have never looked into other than to hear Sen. John McCain speak about it once or twice.. and have never been presented any documented evidence that this actually took place (not saying it didnt happen.. Im willing to bet that it did.. just saying I have never looked into it, and never came across anything that substantiated it)..
Iraqi casualty figures listed are a bit of a misnomer..
Have we taken actions that have resulted in the death of Iraqi civilans? Absolutely.. Civilians die in war.. thats a fact..
Have 1M+ Iraqi's died as a direct result of US or coalition forces actions.. no.. thats not an accurate statement..
1M+ is quite a stretch.. most studies dont belive the number is nearly that high..
and a large sum of the civilian deaths have been caused by the direct, and intentional action of the insurgents... not by US or coalition forces..
I specifically recall a bomb that was set of on the 14 July Bridge in Baghdad that I had passed over less than 5 minutes before it was set off in 2004..
Instead of killing US troops.. the bomb killed about 60 Iraqi civilians standing in line on the bridge waiting to enter the Green Zone to go to work.. I think it injured another 100+.. the bomb was intended to discourage civilians from supporting the coalition forces in the GZ..
that is one of litterally thousands of similar stories..
the different factions in Iraq have been killing each other by the hundreds monthly since Saddam lost power.. and will continue to do so long after we are gone..
for every IED you hear about hitting a US military target.. there are easily 10 or more that are used to target Iraqi civilians that you never hear about, because no one over here thinks that it is newsworthy when 5 Iraqis, to include a mother and 3 kids are all killed in an explosion..
If anything we have gone WAY out of our way to avoid killing civilians.. often at the risk of our own troops..
When we re-took Falujah in 2004, we dropped leaflets in the city for over a week prior to moving the Marines in, letting everyone know we were coming and advising non combatants to leave the city.. (this obviously let the bad guys know we were coming well in advance)..