Army probe of prison abuse calls for discipline of more GIs -Abu Ghraib

[Rose Siding]

Washington -- A long-awaited report on the role of the Army's military intelligence troops in the abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison will recommend that more than two dozen soldiers be disciplined, Pentagon officials said Wednesday.

The Army report, expected to be released by the end of the month, contends that responsibility for the abuse goes beyond the seven soldiers from a Maryland-based military police unit facing charges in the scandal, the officials said.

Officials said the report also alleged even more troubling instances of abuse than have been portrayed in the testimony of prisoners and soldiers as well as the widely reproduced pictures of naked Iraqi detainees stacked in pyramids, held by dog leashes or cowering from snarling guard dogs. The officials provided no details.

The report recommends action against the military intelligence soldiers, ranging from loss of pay and reduction in rank to the military's equivalent of a grand jury proceeding that could lead to courts-martial, said the officials, who requested anonymity........MORE...........

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/08/12/MNG2G86LFH1.DTL

This isn't Schlenger's rpt which is expected to be more critical of the upper echelons. That one is expected soon, the article says.

[amber dog democrat]

1. This is going to ruin some fine careers

as the inquirey moves up into the chain of command.
I would love the see the fitness reports of the officers in charge.
The ARMY brass are pissed, you can believe it.

[Mari333]

2. Start with RUMSFIELD and work your way down n/t