Army brass cleared in prison scandal (Surprise, surprise!)

[Dover]

Aug. 18, 2004, 9:15PM

Army brass cleared in prison scandal
A new report faults 20 military intelligence troops
By CHARLES ALDINGER
Reuters News Service


WASHINGTON - A new Army report clears top U.S. military brass in Iraq of abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison but implicates 20 or more intelligence troops in the scandal, defense officials said Wednesday.


The investigation report, expected to be sent to Congress next week, recommends discipline against the military intelligence troops ranging from administrative reduction in rank and loss of pay to further investigation that could lead to military trials, one of the officials said.

The officials, who asked not to be identified, gave no further details, but said most of the troops implicated in the intelligence investigation, launched by Army Maj. Gen. George Fay in April, were from the U.S. 205th Military Intelligence Brigade, which was assigned to Abu Ghraib when the abuses occurred.

"I think it will find that military police weren't the only ones doing anything wrong," said one defense official, referring to the Abu Ghraib abuse and sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners, which sparked fury in the Arab world and international condemnation....cont'd


http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2745099

[underpants]

1. We've investigated ourselves and found that we did nothing wrong

at least none of us career officer types.....'cept that uppity woman but we kicked her out already.

[Beware the Beast Man]

2. How shocking

/sarcasm off

[aquart]

3. Amazing. And this is an Army report, you say?

So the fox says the fox with the feathers in his mouth was just having a pillow fight, not eating chickens?

As a chicken, I can't tell you how much that relieves my mind.

[Fovea]

4. And now that we have gotten your lame ass

opionion out of the way, we can call in the G.A.O. and sort this all out.

Not justice, not the CIA, but I want the mothafreakin bean counters gonna give you all the abu ghraib procto, industrial strength.

[napi21]

5. I also heard they were expecting a congressional investigation

on this BECAUSE there is little trust of people investigating themselves. We'll see. AHH yes, yet another investigation.

[luaneryder]

6. Same shit, different day.

The enlisted pukes (of which I was one once) take the brunt of the blame and consequences again.

[lil-petunia]

7. trust me. I know best. And I know even before

I look, that I will find some bad apples, mainly in the lower ranks.
Here, I wrote my report already. All we need to do is fill in the blanks.

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