Wednesday, August 25, 2004

IRAQ: TORTURE

Independent: Rumsfeld implicated in Abu Ghraib abuse by damning report

high-level report has placed indirect blame for the Abu Ghraib prison scandal on the Pentagon's top civilian and military officials, saying their neglect allowed a culture and environment to develop in which such abuse could take place.

The report, released yesterday ­ one of 11 separate inquiries into abuses at the jail near Baghdad ­ is the first to criticise Donald Rumsfeld, the US Defence Secretary, and his closest advisers over the debacle.

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