troops told Geneva Conventions did not apply : Abu Ghraib

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The group Human Rights Watch said in a report to be released Sunday that U.S. military commanders encouraged abusive interrogations of detainees in Iraq, even after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal called attention to the issue in 2004.

Between 2003 and 2005, prisoners were routinely physically mistreated, deprived of sleep and exposed to extreme temperatures as part of the interrogation process, the report said.

"Soldiers were told that the Geneva Conventions did not apply, and that interrogators could use abusive techniques to get detainees to talk," wrote John Sifton, a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch.

The organization said it based its conclusion on interviews with military personnel and sworn statements in declassified documents.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13989814/

[me b zola]

1. Raises more questions on why the chain of command was not charged

...and why bush* and his minions are still in government.

:grr:

[Ringo84]

2. Right! (nt)

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3. Iraq prisoner abuse 'was routine'

The torture of prisoners in US custody in Iraq was authorised and routine even after the Abu Ghraib scandal came to light, a US-based rights group says.

Soldiers' accounts show that detainees routinely faced severe beatings, sleep deprivation and other abuses for much of 2003-2005, Human Rights Watch says.

Soldiers who tried to complain about the abuse were rebuffed or ignored.

But a Pentagon spokesman said 12 reviews had found there was no policy condoning or encouraging abuse.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5206908.stm

[Festivito]

4. Our Military Justice shows itself as clearly despicable. /nt

[Rex]

5. But it's not terrorism! Just some frat pranks etc..

:sarcasm: