Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[Rick Faurot]

News Flash: General Says U.S. Forces Tortured Iraqis in Jail

>>Where the heck has this guy been hiding? There's like thousands of photos of prisoners being tortured. There's VIDEOS of it. <<


Wed Aug 25, 2004 05:27 PM ET

By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Army general acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that U.S. forces tortured Iraqis at the Abu Ghraib jail and his report said a colonel who headed the military intelligence unit at the prison could face criminal charges.

"It's a harsh word, and in some instances, unfortunately, I think it was appropriate here. There were a few instances where torture was being used," Army Maj. Gen. George Fay told a Pentagon briefing on his investigation with Lt. Gen. Anthony Jones into the role of military intelligence personnel in the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, on the outskirts of Baghdad.