U.S. Reports 94 Cases of Prisoner Abuse

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U.S. Reports 94 Cases of Prisoner Abuse
U.S. Military Finds 94 Cases of Confirmed or Alleged Abuse of Prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan

The Associated Press


WASHINGTON July 22, 2004 — The U.S. military has found 94 cases of confirmed or alleged abuse of prisoners by U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan since the fall of 2001, the Army's inspector general said Thursday in a long-awaited report made public at a hastily called Senate hearing.

The number is significantly higher than all other previous estimates given by the Pentagon, which had refused until now to give a total number of abuse allegations.

The inspector general investigation, ordered Feb. 10 after the allegations of abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq came to the attention of top Army officials in Washington, concluded that there were no systemic problems that contributed to the abuse. In some cases, the report found, the abuse was abetted or facilitated by officers not following proper procedures.

Most of the alleged abuses 45 of the 94 happened at the point where the detainee was captured, said Lt. Gen. Paul Mikolashek, the Army's inspector general. Of those 45 cases, 20 involved allegations of physical abuse and the rest were allegations of theft or other crimes, he said.
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In contrast to its own findings that there were no systemic problems, however, the Army report also cites a February report from the International Committee for the Red Cross that alleged that "methods of ill treatment" were "used in a systematic way" by the U.S. military in Iraq.
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[derby378]

1. Let's hope the number stays at 94

I'm not all that optimistic, but I can at least dream...

[nosmokes]

3. hmmm. do you count the "bounty hunters" in afghanistan

that each day become more closely tied directly to the US? because that brings it up to 95 right off the bat.

at this point it'd be progress if that stayed the number for the week.

[Bowline]

2. Dead people don't report abuse.

I wonder how many were killed and never reported?

[redqueen]

4. Does this include the children?

Have they even looked into that?

:mad:

:cry:

[StClone]

5. 99 bottles of beer on the wall... man these Frat parties are wild

Right Rush you harmless little %^&$ball.

[LordActon]

6. ouch

It's amazing that no heads are going to roll over this. The only policy change I've seen since this happened was Rummy banning cell phones with cameras.

America was once reveared for it's "leadership by example" model. Now it's feared.

I suspect that the photos were leaked to show the rest of the world what's coming to them if they don't fall in line.

[VolcanoJen]

7. Dupe... locking

Please continue discussion within the original LBN thread on this topic, which can be found here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x702525

Thanks!
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