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bobbieinok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 01:37 AM
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torture at at least 4 prisons in Iraq
Iraq prison abuse 'widespread'

An American news agency says it has seen official papers suggesting that prisoner abuse in Iraq took place at four sites other than Abu Ghraib.

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In another development, the New York Times newspaper reports that military interrogators from the Guantanamo detention camp in Cuba played a key role at Abu Ghraib.

The interrogators at Guantanamo, which houses al-Qaeda and Taleban suspects, were sent to Iraq last year by the head of the Cuban prison camp, Gen Geoffrey Miller.

Gen Miller was himself sent to Iraq to recommend improvements in the way prisoners were detained and questioned




http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3759923.stm
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