Danish Iraq commander faces prisoner abuse probe

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Danish Iraq commander faces prisoner abuse probe

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17671063.htm

COPENHAGEN, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The former commander of the Danish troops in Iraq will face an investigation over allegations of prisoner abuse during interrogations at the Danish camp in southern Iraq, Danish media reported on Friday.

Battalion commander Lt. Col. Henrik Flach and three other officers were recalled from Iraq last month in a prisoner abuse scandal which has stunned the egalitarian Scandinavian country.

If found guilty of breaking military law, Flach could face up to a year in prison.

The United States and Britain have already charged a number of their soldiers with sexually abusing or assaulting Iraqis.

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