U.S. Reports 94 Cases of Prisoner Abuse

[BaysideLiberal]

WASHINGTON (AP) - 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 Pentagon had refused until now to give a total number of abuse allegations since the prisoner abuse scandal broke this spring. The 94 number is significantly higher than all other previous estimates given by Pentagon officials.

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.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040722/D83VT2VO2.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. Interesting that they'll admit 94 cases of "alleged abuse," isn't it?

I surely wish they'd get right on with it. Sounds as if they are trying to create the perfect excuses for these events.

Thanks, BaysideLiberal. Welcome to DU! :hi: :hi: :hi:

[merh]

2. Will admit to 94 - wonder about the others they won't admit to?

Thanks for the post and welcome to DU. :hi:

[Spazito]

3. If they are admitting to 94, imagine how many more there are....

that they hope they don't have to admit to. Despicable.

[struggle4progress]

4. Levin quote

Army Reports 94 Allegations of Abuse
Thursday July 22, 2004 9:46 PM
AP Photo MAC104
By MATT KELLEY
Associated Press Writer

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``It is difficult to believe there were not systemic problems with our detention and interrogation operations,'' Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, said at a hastily called hearing.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4340297,00.html

[maddezmom]

5. kick for Carl :)

[struggle4progress]

6. ... and once more

:kick:

[maddezmom]

7. Army Reports New Allegations of Abuse

WASHINGTON - The images were vivid: A U.S. Army sergeant who told his troops to "rough up" two prisoners; a platoon that agreed to make prisoners jump off a bridge into the Tigris River; an interrogator who hit a prisoner in the head. Those were among the new details of abuses by U.S. troops in Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites) reported by the Army Inspector General's office.


The review found 94 cases of confirmed or alleged abuses and 39 deaths, 20 of which were ruled homicides or remain under investigation.


Still, Army Inspector General Lt. Gen. Paul Mikolashek concluded in Thursday's report that the abuses were the work of rule-breaking soldiers and a few officers and not the fault of Army rules or training.


Senate Democrats, pointing to deficiencies in training and inconsistencies in doctrine outlined in the Army report, immediately challenged the findings.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&ncid=718&e=2&u=/ap/20040723/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_prisoner_abuse

[SOS]

8. This was the lead story

on Newsworld International today. Not mentioned once by CNN.