Army Investigates Wider Iraq Offenses

[radfringe]

...ummmm a few BARRELS of bad apples?

Army Investigates Wider Iraq Offenses
Cases Include Deaths, Assaults Outside Prisons
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4807-2004May31.html
By Bradley Graham
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 1, 2004; Page A01


Over the past year and a half, the Army has opened investigations into at least 91 cases of possible misconduct by U.S. soldiers against detainees and civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, a total not previously reported and one that points to a broader range of wrongful behavior than defense officials have acknowledged.

The figure, provided by a senior Army official, extends beyond the much-publicized abuse of detainees in military-run prisons to include the mistreatment of dozens of Iraqis in U.S. custody outside detention centers. It covers not only cases that resulted in death but also those that involved nonlethal assaults. It also includes as many as 18 instances of U.S. soldiers in Iraq allegedly stealing money, jewelry or other property.


--------snip--------

President Bush and other senior administration officials have sought to explain the abuses at Abu Ghraib as reflecting the aberrant behavior of a few low-ranking soldiers last fall, graphically exposed in photographs and an internal Army report that emerged a month ago. But the Army's list of investigations appears to bolster the contention of others, including the International Committee of the Red Cross, that misconduct by U.S. forces has been more extensive -- and its consequences more damaging -- than can be blamed on the troubled actions of a small group.

--------snip--------

Of the 91 investigations, 42 involve alleged abuse inside detention facilities, and 49 deal with allegations of misconduct outside, the senior Army official said.

[Pachamama]

1. Few Ships full of Bad Apples...n/t

[JSJ]

2. a few bad apples?

Looks like there may be orchards full of 'bad apples' getting ready for 'harvest'.