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U.S. works to repair damage of Abu Ghraib
By Dave Moniz and Tom Squitieri, USA TODAY
U.S. works to repair damage of Abu Ghraib
By Dave Moniz and Tom Squitieri, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Seven years ago, Army Reserve Col.
Walter Schumm, an authority on the handling of POWs, co-authored an
essay predicting trouble if the military did not pay more attention to
the potential for prisoner abuse in wartime. (Graphic: Abu Ghraib: One year later)
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In his paper, published in the journal Military Review, Schumm wrote, "It only takes one improperly trained or motivated soldier among a thousand to commit an offense that would cause our nation considerable embarrassment."
Last year, a group of Army Reserve MPs, many with little or no training in prison operations, was revealed to have abused and tortured Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad.
As Schumm foresaw, that damaged the United States' standing in the world....
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| Note! these 2 older articles are still worth reading: Prison Mutiny:What the torturers of Abu Ghraib have wrought Misbehaviour before the enemy As far as I can see there's quite a white-wash going on of senior US military who should have been held responsible. keza |
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