Iraq Jail Chief Says Prisoner Abuse Covered Up

August 5, 2004 D. H. McKee

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The U.S. general formerly in charge of Baghdad’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison said on Tuesday abuse of Iraqi captives was hidden from her in a cover-up that may reach all the way to the Pentagon or White House.
Speaking on the same day a U.S. soldier at the center of the prisoner abuse scandal is due to face a military court, Brigadier-General Janis Karpinski said she was deliberately kept in the dark about abuse and humiliation of Iraqi prisoners.
“A very reliable witness has made a statement indicating that, not only was I not included in any of the meetings discussing interrogation operations, but specific measures were taken to ensure I would not have access to those facilities, that information or any of the details of interrogation at Abu Ghraib or anywhere else,” Karpinski told Britain’s BBC radio.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5858013&src=rss/topNews&section=news

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