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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Elite troops in Australia are undergoing training that includes being stripped naked and threatened with dogs to prepare them to withstand torture if they are captured by enemy forces, the government said.
Explaining the so-called resistance to interrogation, or RTI, training sessions in a written answer to a lawmaker's question, Defense Minister Robert Hill said dogs are used to simulate torture conditions troops could face.
"When approved by the Exercise Director, working military dogs that are muzzled and short-leashed may be used during advanced RTI training, in the presence of RTI trainees (including naked trainees), in order to create realism," Hill said in a written response to a parliamentary question.
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