U.S. Army soldiers make abuse claims in Iraq, Afghanistan - Yahoo! News
U.S. Army soldiers make abuse claims in Iraq, Afghanistan - Yahoo! News: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Army captain and two sergeants recounted in a Human Rights Watch report on Friday how Iraqi inmates near Falluja were beaten with a baseball bat, stacked clothed in pyramids, deprived of food and water and put in painful positions until they fainted.
The abuse often occurred under orders or with the consent of superior officers, said the captain, who served in
Iraq and
Afghanistan.
He also described U.S. forces abusing prisoners in Afghanistan, including sleep deprivation.
The captain said he sought for 17 months to raise concerns about detainee abuse through his military chain of command and to receive clearer guidance on treatment of detainees. He said superiors told him to look the other way and that his efforts could damage his career.
The three, not identified by name in the report or by the Army, said soldiers in the 82nd Airborne Division at a forward operating base near Falluja carried out the prisoner abuse.
U.S. Army spokesman Paul Boyce said Army criminal investigators had spoken to the captain, whom he described as an unidentified officer, and opened a probe into the allegations he made 'that he may have witnessed or heard about acts of detainee abuse during his military service in Iraq and Afghanistan.'"
The abuse often occurred under orders or with the consent of superior officers, said the captain, who served in
Iraq and
Afghanistan.
He also described U.S. forces abusing prisoners in Afghanistan, including sleep deprivation.
The captain said he sought for 17 months to raise concerns about detainee abuse through his military chain of command and to receive clearer guidance on treatment of detainees. He said superiors told him to look the other way and that his efforts could damage his career.
The three, not identified by name in the report or by the Army, said soldiers in the 82nd Airborne Division at a forward operating base near Falluja carried out the prisoner abuse.
U.S. Army spokesman Paul Boyce said Army criminal investigators had spoken to the captain, whom he described as an unidentified officer, and opened a probe into the allegations he made 'that he may have witnessed or heard about acts of detainee abuse during his military service in Iraq and Afghanistan.'"
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