The Red Cross Lodged complaints (report published in WSJ May 10)

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http://online.wsj.com/public/us

The Red Cross lodged complaints about abusive treatment of Iraqi prisoners over a year ago, well before U.S. officials acknowledged problems, according to a report by the organization. (Full Red Cross report) 11:34 a.m.
24 page report from International Red Cross published in Wall Street Journal Monday May 10. I don't have a subscription.


This is HUGE that they are publishing. The Red Cross does not usually release or publish its confidential reports. It seems Bush administration has been ignoring this for over two years. They have torture prisons all over the world. Not isolated. Not just Abu

http://www.amnestyusa.org also reports on their site that they have been giving reports to Bush administration for over for two years. You can take action on their site

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/RED_CROSS_PRISONER_ABUSE?SITE=VANOV&SECTION=HOME
The 24-page document, confirmed by the ICRC as authentic after it was published Monday by the Wall Street Journal, said the abuses were primarily during the interrogation stage by military intelligence.
The agency said arrests allegedly tended to follow a pattern.

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"Arresting authorities entered houses usually after dark, breaking down doors, waking up residents roughly, yelling orders, forcing family members into one room under military guard while searching the rest of the house and further breaking doors, cabinets and other property," the report said.

"Sometimes they arrested all adult males present in a house, including elderly, handicapped or sick people," it said. "Treatment often included pushing people around, insulting, taking aim with rifles, punching and kicking and striking with rifles."
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Pierre Kraehenbuehl, ICRC director of operations, said Friday the report had been given to U.S. officials in February, but it only summarized what the agency had been telling U.S. officials in detail between March and November 2003 "either in direct face-to-face conversations or in written interventions."
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Kraehenbuehl said the ICRC regretted the publication and said it would have preferred sticking to its policy of confidential discussions with coalition authorities because the United States had been making progress toward meeting its demands.

ICRC chief spokeswoman Antonella Notari declined to discuss the full report.
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[papau]

1. "tactical control" belonged to military intelligence - but will we investi

Asked about who was in control of the cell block, Kimmitt said "tactical control" belonged to military intelligence. He noted, however, that intelligence's role does not forfeit the responsibility that the commander of the military police brigade had.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. This goes all the way up to

Bush...

[soleft]

3. Monday's disclosure of this report originially posted here

Please update this story on this thread - thanks.

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