disturbing_facts An "amazing" newslink *** * Extrajudicial_abuses *** and extrajudicial_killings :- "More complicit in Iraq jail abuse" The latest report (SCHLESINGER ABUSE REPORT) underlined failures at the jail Twenty-seven military intelligence personnel were involved in abusing Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib jail, a new US army report has found. Investigators found senior commanders at the jail knew about the abuses but failed to act. 040825 ... 25 August 2004 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3596686.stm 040825 ... jpg Schlesinger report extracts: Brutality and sadism http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3596090.stm http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39995000/jpg/_39995386_report203.jpg 040825 ... 25 August 2004 Army implicates 27 in Abu Ghraib abuses 11 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AFP) - Twenty-seven military intelligence specialists "encouraged" or "participated" in abuses of inmates at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq according to a US army report. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040826/wl_afp/us_iraq_prisoners&cid=1512&ncid=1480 040825 ... The_missing_dot "There is no single, simple explanation for why this abuse at Abu Ghraib happened," the report said. 040825 ... Be on Notice: Abuse Report Widens Scope of Culpability 12 minutes ago "The abuses spanned from direct physical assault, such as delivering head blows rendering detainees unconscious, to sexual posing and forced participation in group masturbation," the Army report says. "At the extremes were the death of a detainee . . . an alleged rape committed by a US translator and observed by a female Soldier, and the alleged sexual assault of an unknown female." 040825 ... x^x "We've learned there were leaders at Abu Ghraib who knew about this conduct, knew better, and did nothing." 040825 ... The_missing_dot Human_rights groups said the report highlighted major problems -- such as abuse of children and the hiding of detainees -- but still muddled questions of responsibility. 040825 what's it to you? who go blather from