According to a recently declassified 232-page report titled "Inquiry into the treatment of detainees in US custody," by the US Senate Armed Services Committee, "US government backing for the CIA's harsh interrogation methods set the tone for abuses by US troops towards detainees" in Iraq and elsewhere.
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It is not appropriate simply to blame soldiers and low-ranking officers for what took place at Abu Ghraib prison, the report said.
"In my judgment, the report represents a condemnation of both the
Published on April 25, 2009 07:47