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Thu 6 May, 2004 06:40 am
US military policemen moved unregistered Iraqi prisoners, known as "ghost detainees", around an army-run jail at Abu Ghraib, in order to hide them from the Red Cross, according to a confidential military report.
The report on abuses at Abu Ghraib prison - a copy of which was obtained by the Guardian - described the practice of hiding prisoners as "deceptive, contrary to army doctrine, and in violation of international law".
The army also said yesterday that one soldier had been court-martialed for using excessive force in shooting to death an Iraqi prisoner last September. The soldier was reduced in rank and dismissed from the army.
It disclosed, too, that it had referred to the Justice Department a homicide case involving a CIA contract interrogator alleged to be responsible for the death of an Iraqi pris oner last November. That death was at Abu Ghraib prison.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1209681,00.html
(For full story - highly recommended)
This behaviour is a clear violation of international law.
When our system of laws break down, all stand to lose and no one gains.
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