S.D. firm's workers said to be part of POW abuses [View All]

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By Toby Eckert
COPLEY NEWS SERVICE
May 5, 2004




Abuses in Iraq may impact Titan buyout



WASHINGTON – Employees of San Diego-based Titan Corp. and another civilian contractor are named as suspects or witnesses in a classified Army report about the abuse of Iraqi prisoners, but company officials say they have heard little or nothing about the matter from the Pentagon.

"If we're asked, we will cooperate fully," Titan spokesman Wil Williams said. "We're unaware of any allegations against our employees or our company."

The report on the physical and psychological abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad identifies one suspect as Adel Nakhla, who is described as a civilian translator for Titan Corp. assigned to the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade.

The report says Nakhla was questioned about the treatment of several detainees accused of rape and quotes him as saying that two Army sergeants made the prisoners, who were naked, do "strange exercises" and then "started to stack them on top of each other" after handcuffing them and shackling their legs.

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