Wednesday, May 12, 2004
"Part of the process"
The Red Cross saw U.S. troops keeping Iraqi prisoners naked for days in darkness at the Abu Ghraib jail in October, and was told by the intelligence officer in charge it was "part of the process," a leaked report said on Monday.
An Iraqi prisoner is surrounded by American military dog handlers at Abu Ghraib prison in this photo dated December 12, 2003. The Red Cross saw U.S. troops keeping Iraqi prisoners naked for days in darkness at Abu Ghraib in October, and was told by the intelligence officer in charge it was 'part of the process,' a leaked report appearing in the Wall Street Journal on May 10, 2004. (The New Yorker/Reuters)
The International Committee of the Red Cross also described British troops forcing Iraqi detainees to kneel and stomping on their necks in an incident in which one prisoner died.
The Red Cross said it had repeatedly alerted U.S.-led occupation authorities to practices it described as "serious violations of international humanitarian law" and "in some cases tantamount to torture."
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posted by chris at 5:00 PM
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