Pentagon to brief Congress on Red Cross reports on prisons in Iraq [View All]

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By Associated Press, 7/8/2004 16:36

WASHINGTON (AP) The Pentagon will brief members of Congress on Friday on confidential reports by the International Committee of the Red Cross regarding conditions at U.S. prisons in Iraq.
Larry Di Rita, chief spokesman for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, told reporters the material will be shared with lawmakers in closed meetings. The information will not be released publicly.

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The Red Cross began visiting detainees of the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq immediately after the March 2003 invasion, and it has complained privately to U.S. authorities about mistreatment of prisoners. But the complaints were made public only when a written Red Cross report was leaked following publication of photographs showing U.S. guards mistreating and humiliating detainees.

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