'It's not torture. Pyramids can be used as a control technique... Don't cheerleaders all over America form pyramids six to eight times a year?'

Guy Womack, defence lawyer for a US soldier court martialed in the Abu Ghraib detainee abuse scandal.

"Servicing the target."

US Army term for killing the enemy.

'Shortening the list of politically sensitive individuals by means other than detention.'

Assassination of political enemies, as described by the South African State Security Council in the Apartheid era.