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11:57 AEST Fri Jul 16 2004
AFP - New cases of alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US soldiers have been uncovered, a US senator said, three months after US media broadcast photos of detainees being sexually humiliated at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison.
"We're still uncovering, as late as this morning, other incidents, other cases that will be promptly investigated by the Department of Defence," Senate Armed Services Committee chairman John Warner said after his panel was briefed by Pentagon officials in a closed-door meeting.
Warner, a Virginia Republican, said there were possible violations of the Geneva Convention and Defence Department rules and regulations on prisoners.
However, a Republican congressional source speaking on condition of anonymity said the Pentagon was "dragging its feet and intends to postpone any hearing until after" the November 2 presidential election.
"There's a lot of frustration over here," said the source.
Warner said the Pentagon officials briefing the committee also showed the senators 24 confidential documents from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The papers are part of an ICRC report on prisoner treatment in Iraqi jails written before the scandal broke in April, when US media released photos of abuse committed at Abu Ghraib.
Warner has held three hearings on Abu Ghraib and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has testified before the committee.
The senator said his panel's next public hearings will be held in September at the earliest.
The committee will not hold open hearings with soldiers being investigated to avoid jeopardising their legal rights, Warner said.
©AAP 2004
When are they gonna stop?
AFP - New cases of alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US soldiers have been uncovered, a US senator said, three months after US media broadcast photos of detainees being sexually humiliated at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison.
"We're still uncovering, as late as this morning, other incidents, other cases that will be promptly investigated by the Department of Defence," Senate Armed Services Committee chairman John Warner said after his panel was briefed by Pentagon officials in a closed-door meeting.
Warner, a Virginia Republican, said there were possible violations of the Geneva Convention and Defence Department rules and regulations on prisoners.
However, a Republican congressional source speaking on condition of anonymity said the Pentagon was "dragging its feet and intends to postpone any hearing until after" the November 2 presidential election.
"There's a lot of frustration over here," said the source.
Warner said the Pentagon officials briefing the committee also showed the senators 24 confidential documents from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The papers are part of an ICRC report on prisoner treatment in Iraqi jails written before the scandal broke in April, when US media released photos of abuse committed at Abu Ghraib.
Warner has held three hearings on Abu Ghraib and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has testified before the committee.
The senator said his panel's next public hearings will be held in September at the earliest.
The committee will not hold open hearings with soldiers being investigated to avoid jeopardising their legal rights, Warner said.
©AAP 2004
When are they gonna stop?
