Red Cross was told Iraq abuse "part of the process"

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10576343.htm

LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) - The Red Cross saw U.S. troops keeping Iraqi prisoners naked for days in darkness at the Abu Ghraib jail in October, and was told by the intelligence officer in charge it was "part of the process", a leaked report said on Monday.

The International Committee of the Red Cross also described British troops forcing Iraqi detainees to kneel and stomping on their necks in an incident in which one prisoner died.

The Red Cross said it had repeatedly alerted U.S.-led occupation authorities to practices it described as "serious violations of international humanitarian law" and "in some cases tantamount to torture".

It confirmed the confidential February 4 report, which appeared on the Wall Street Journal website on Monday, was genuine.

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[maddezmom]

1. the reports need to be made public

how many lives could have been saved, if the US/UK gov'ts acted upon these reports? It gets more sickening everyday...

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. How many lives could have been saved it the US/UK had acted

upon internal reports that this war wasn't necessary?

[maddezmom]

3. you're absolutely correct....

:( so many lives lost on both sides, for nothing...

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4. previous discussion

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=543127