US military knew of Iraq detainee abuse - newspaper

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N01530089.htm

WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - A confidential U.S. Army report warned of abuse of Iraqi detainees by the CIA and other U.S. military forces in December 2003, more than a month before mistreatment at the Abu Ghraib prison was uncovered, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.

The confidential report by retired Col. Stuart A. Herrington, obtained by the Post, warned that arrest and detention practices used by CIA and other soldiers could "technically" be illegal.

Herrington's report also found that members of an elite group that included CIA members abused detainees at a secret interrogation facility in Iraq to hide their activities, the paper reported.

The report shows that U.S. military officials in Iraq knew of prisoner abuse at least a month before they learned of the Abu Ghraib acts in January 2004, the article said.

Herrington declined to discuss his report with the Post.

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1. Gee, what a surprise!

gawd, I am glad I left the effing country!

You can bet that the Herrington report was circulating months before December 2003, as well - that is just the "official" date.

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2. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1034689