Pentagon inspector general orders Guantanamo probe

[lovuian]

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-10-13T173531Z_01_N13401892_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-GUANTANAMO-PROBE.xml&src=rss

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's Inspector General ordered an investigation into alleged abuse at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay that holds suspected Taliban and al Qaeda members, a spokesman said on Friday.

The order followed a statement last week from a U.S. Marine saying Guantanamo guards described physically and mentally abusing detainees, including slamming one inmate's head into a cell door and denying others privileges just to anger them.

The Marine's sworn statement was released by lawyers for detainees last week. The inspector general's office, which serves as the Pentagon's internal watchdog agency, received the Marine's affidavit and letter by e-mail on Tuesday, the spokesman said.

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Guatanamo is a festering wound

[sarge43]

1. It's about f*ckin' time

Unfortunately, if anything comes of it, a few lower grade officers and some rankers will get the big ugly and that will be that.