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Soldier Killed Herself After Objecting to Interrogation Techniques Being Used on Iraqi Prisoners

Soldier Killed Herself After Objecting to Interrogation Techniques Being Used on Iraqi Prisoners

Specialist Alyssa Peterson died in Iraq in September, 2003. The military listed her death as the result of a "non-hostile weapons discharge." But newly uncovered military documents reveal Peterson actually shot herself with her service rifle. The documents also show her suicide came just two weeks after she refused to take part in further interrogations of Iraqi prisoners and had asked to be reassigned. We speak with the reporter who broke the story. [includes rush transcript]

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