World News More complicit in Iraqi prison abuse

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WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 25 soldiers and contractors attached to a military intelligence unit at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq approved or took part in abuses of Iraqi detainees, including torture, an investigation found Aug. 25 in the most comprehensive look so far at the scandal.

Officers in charge of the prison were negligent in the training and management of their troops, and some may face criminal charges. Until now, just seven lower-ranking military police soldiers have been charged.

Washington has blamed the scandal on a group of rogue soldiers who it said were acting on their own. The new report identifies 27 people attached to the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade, which oversaw interrogations at Abu Ghraib, who are accused of complicity in the abuses. Of those, 23 are soldiers and four were civilian contractors working for the unit.

The investigation report says the violent and sexual abuses - particularly those captured in the now-famous pictures of naked and frightened prisoners - were mostly the work of a group of guards and military intelligence personnel who were not conducting interrogations but instead amusing themselves.

The report distinguishes this group of abuses from mistreatment committed during actual interrogations, which also occurred.

The findings came a day after an independent panel released a report blaming senior leaders, including Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs Chairman Richard Myers, for lax oversight of military-run prisons in Iraq, which contributed to the chaos at Abu Ghraib.

イラク人捕虜虐待、監督責任欠如

軍情報部と結びついている、25人以上もの兵士や請負業者らが、イラクにあるアブグレイブ収容所でのイラク人抑留者の拷問をふくんだ虐待に関与、または是認していたことが、これまでの広範囲にわたる取り調べで、8月25日明らかになった。

Shukan ST: Sept. 3, 2004

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