A US Soldier Waterboards His Own Child

from faux news..


A U.S. soldier has been accused of "waterboarding" his four-year-old
daughter because she would not recite her ABCs.

Joshua Tabor, 27, of Yelm, Wash., allegedly beat the child before
holding her head under water Sunday night in the family's kitchen sink,
The News Tribune reported.

Tabor reportedly told a police officer that he and his girlfriend "held
her down on the counter and submerged her head into the water three or
four times until the water came around her forehead and jawline,"
according to the newspaper.

The suspect said he punished the girl for "refusing to say her letters."

Tabor, a soldier at the Lewis-McChord base in Tacoma, Wash., has been
charged with second-degree assault of a child and is set to appear in
court Feb. 16.

The suspect reportedly told police that his daughter was afraid of water
"and was squirming around trying to get away from the water."

"Joshua did not act as though he felt there was anything wrong with this
form of punishment," the police report said.

Tabor's girlfriend also told authorities that the girl had “severe
bruising on her entire back" and had locked herself in a closet to hide
from her father, the newspaper reported.



The British Daily Mail reports:

A soldier waterboarded his four-year-old daughter because she was
unable to recite her alphabet. Joshua Tabor admitted to police he had
used the CIA torture technique because he was so angry. As his daughter
'squirmed' to get away, Tabor said he submerged her face three or four
times until the water was lapping around her forehead and jawline.
Tabor, 27, who had won custody of his daughter only four weeks earlier,
admitted choosing the punishment because the girl was terrified of water...

[T]he terrified girl was found hiding in a closet, with bruising on
her back and scratch marks on her neck and throat. Asked how she got the
bruises, the girl is said to have replied: 'Daddy did it.'

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One learns really important stuff in the army. Note that the Brit paper
correctly describes the technique as "torture."