RogerRabbit
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 Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 9:07 pm Post subject: Rumsfeld faces prisoner abuse probe call |
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http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Rumsfeld-faces-prisoner-abuse-probe-call/2005/04/24/1114281431684.html
Again --- I guess what else is new
| Quote: | A human rights watchdog has called for a criminal investigation of Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, former CIA director George Tenet and other US intelligence and military officials who it says condoned or ignored the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib in Iraq, Guantanamo Bay and other locations.
The report, to be released by Human Rights Watch (HRW), takes no stance on the ultimate culpability of the officials but says an investigation is warranted by growing evidence against them.
It criticises Rumsfeld and Tenet for trying to pass blame for the abuse to military subordinates and individual soldiers.
"This pattern of abuse across several countries did not result from the acts of individual soldiers who broke the rules," Reed Brody, special counsel for the group, said in a statement. "It resulted from decisions made by senior US officials to bend, ignore, or cast rules aside."
The report says coercive questioning techniques authorised by Rumsfeld for use at Guantanamo Bay spread not only to Abu Ghraib, but to sites throughout Iraq, Afghanistan and other "secret locations".
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The techniques included using guard dogs to frighten prisoners, putting prisoners in stressful positions and removing their clothes, the report said.
HRW also accused Tenet of dispatching al-Qaeda suspects to undisclosed locations where they were questioned and tortured.
The report also calls for investigations of Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, the former senior US commander in Iraq, and Major General Geoffrey Miller, former commander of the Guantanamo camp.
The army announced this week that it had cleared Sanchez of all allegations of wrongdoing in connection with Abu Ghraib and said he would not be punished. |
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