Two in Five U.S. Adults Believe that Torture of Prisoners by Americans Still Prevalent in Iraq and Afghanistan

Two in Five U.S. Adults Believe that Torture of Prisoners by Americans Still Prevalent in Iraq and Afghanistan:

"By a 66 to 32 percent majority the American public believes that torture of prisoners by Americans has taken place in Iraq and Afghanistan. Furthermore, 61 percent of those who believe that torture has taken place (or 41 percent of all U.S. adults) also believe that it is still happening in spite of the public disclosures of events that took place in Abu Ghraib prison.

In addition, while six in 10 (60%) adults favor bringing most U.S. troops home in the next year, similar numbers (58%) do not expect that this will happen within two years, and a majority of people (55% ) are not confident that Iraq will be successful in developing a stable government. These are some of the results of a Harris Poll of 1,010 U.S. adults surveyed by telephone by Harris Interactive(R) between April 5 and 10, 2005.

Torture of Prisoners Other findings about the torture of Iraqi and Afghan prisoners include: -- Among the 66 percent of adults who believe that prisoners captured in Iraq and Afghanistan were tortured, a 41 percent plurality feel that those in command are most responsible followed by the soldiers (30%), the Administration (13%) and the Pentagon (10%)."