Torture of Iraqis was for "stress relief", say US soldiers

Torture of Iraqis was for stress relief, say US soldiers - [Sunday Herald]: "The soldiers referred to their Iraqi captives as PUCs persons under control and used the expressions f***ing a PUC and �smoking a PUC to refer respectively to torture and forced physical exertion.
One sergeant provided graphic descriptions to Human Rights Watch investigators about acts of abuse carried out both by himself and others. He now says he regrets his actions. His regiment arrived at FOB Mercury in August 2003. He said: The first interrogation that I observed was the first time I saw a PUC pushed to the brink of a stroke or a heart attack. At first I was surprised, like, This is what we are allowed to do?"