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Trump has stated that he would reinstate [[waterboarding]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Donald Trump Says He Would Bring Back Waterboarding|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-bring-back-waterboarding/story?id=35354443|publisher=ABC News|date=22 November 2015|accessdate=9 February 2016}}</ref> as an interrogation technique, and "a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding."<ref>{{cite web|last1=McCarthy|first1=Tom|title=Donald Trump: I'd bring back 'a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/06/donald-trump-waterboarding-republican-debate-torture|website=theguardian.com|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=8 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ted Cruz, Donald Trump Advocate Bringing Back Waterboarding|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/ted-cruz-donald-trump-advocate-bringing-back-waterboarding-36764410|publisher=ABC News|date=6 February 2016|accessdate=9 February 2016}}</ref> When asked about his comments on CNN, Trump said, "They're chopping heads of Christians and many other people in the Middle East." Trump said, "They're chopping heads off. They laugh at us when they hear that we're not going to approve waterboarding ... It works, okay? It works. Only a stupid person would say it doesn't work."<ref>{{cite web|title=Donald Trump: 'Waterboarding is fine with me'|url=http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/02/07/donald-trump-abc-gop-debate-waterboarding-sotu-bpr.cnn/video/playlists/donald-trump/|publisher=CNN|date=7 February 2016|accessdate=9 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Trump stands by proposal to revive waterboarding|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/donald-trump-waterboarding-torture-218901|publisher=Politico|date=7 February 2016|accessdate=9 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Donald Trump on waterboarding: ‘If it doesn’t work, they deserve it anyway.’|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/23/donald-trump-on-waterboarding-if-it-doesnt-work-they-deserve-it-anyway/|publisher=Washington Post|date=23 November 2015|accessdate=9 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Donald Trump’s Son Compares Waterboarding to Frat Parties|url=http://time.com/4213484/donald-trump-eric-waterboarding-defense/|publisher=Time Magazine|date=9 February 2016|accessdate=9 February 2016}}</ref>
Trump has called for the reintroduction of [[waterboarding]] and "a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding" on captured prisoners, which would contravene [[international law]] under the [[United Nations Convention Against Torture]] and the [[Geneva Conventions]].<ref>Zack Beauchamp, [http://www.vox.com/2016/2/10/10961760/trump-rubio-torture Why Republicans are debating bringing back torture], ''Vox'' (February 10, 2016).</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/trump-would-bring-back-waterboarding-216133 |title=Donald Trump would bring back waterboarding |work=POLITICO}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/donald-trump-escalating-slurs |title=The Escalating Slurs of Donald Trump |author=William Finnegan |date=December 3, 2015 |work=The New Yorker}}</ref> In an interview, Trump stated "We’re going to have to do what Israel was doing for a period of time. 'Take out' means you have to wipe out their homes where they came from."<ref name=cnn-trump-2-dec-2015/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnd.com/2015/12/trump-target-isis-terrorists-families/ |title=Pot calls kettle black: O’Reilly scolds Trump on killing terrorists’ families |work=WND}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/03/politics/donald-trump-dodges-questions-terrorist-families/ |title=Donald Trump dodges on killing terrorist families |author=Jeremy Diamond, CNN |date=December 4, 2015 |publisher=CNN}}</ref>
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