*Ø* Four SEALs Charged With Abuse Of Prisoners
Washington Post, Saturday:
"The Navy said yesterday it charged four of its SEALs with abusing detainees in Iraq, marking the first time that elite Special Operations troops have been accused of such offenses in the expanding series of probes into the U.S. military's mistreatment of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan ...
"Many of the charges brought against the SEALs this week grow out of a previously reported incident on Nov. 4, 2003, in which a detainee in the custody of the CIA died at Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad, officials said. The investigation continues, Navy officials said, and is expected to produce additional charges against other sailors. They said they did not know how many ultimately would be charged.
"Until now, the only service members facing legal action for alleged abuses of Iraqi prisoners are seven members of an Army reserve military police unit that worked in the Abu Ghraib prison. In the hierarchy of status within the U.S. military, those part-time MP soldiers, drawn from a support unit, are virtually at the opposite end of the scale from Navy SEALs, who are seen as highly skilled and disciplined troops trained to operate in extremely dangerous situations" ...
"The four new charges came after announcements by Pentagon officials over the past two weeks that dozens of additional charges against soldiers were likely to be filed. Army investigators said they have concluded that in addition to the seven already charged in connection with alleged offenses at the Abu Ghraib prison, 30 other soldiers and contractors participated in abuse there, and 11 more could face charges or disciplinary action for not reporting what they saw.
Also, the Army last month charged a soldier for abuse of an Afghan detainee, and Army officials said earlier this week that they expect to charge 25 other soldiers in connection with abuses in Afghanistan.
[All emphasis mine.]
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Washington Post, Saturday:
"The Navy said yesterday it charged four of its SEALs with abusing detainees in Iraq, marking the first time that elite Special Operations troops have been accused of such offenses in the expanding series of probes into the U.S. military's mistreatment of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan ...
"Many of the charges brought against the SEALs this week grow out of a previously reported incident on Nov. 4, 2003, in which a detainee in the custody of the CIA died at Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad, officials said. The investigation continues, Navy officials said, and is expected to produce additional charges against other sailors. They said they did not know how many ultimately would be charged.
"Until now, the only service members facing legal action for alleged abuses of Iraqi prisoners are seven members of an Army reserve military police unit that worked in the Abu Ghraib prison. In the hierarchy of status within the U.S. military, those part-time MP soldiers, drawn from a support unit, are virtually at the opposite end of the scale from Navy SEALs, who are seen as highly skilled and disciplined troops trained to operate in extremely dangerous situations" ...
"The four new charges came after announcements by Pentagon officials over the past two weeks that dozens of additional charges against soldiers were likely to be filed. Army investigators said they have concluded that in addition to the seven already charged in connection with alleged offenses at the Abu Ghraib prison, 30 other soldiers and contractors participated in abuse there, and 11 more could face charges or disciplinary action for not reporting what they saw.
Also, the Army last month charged a soldier for abuse of an Afghan detainee, and Army officials said earlier this week that they expect to charge 25 other soldiers in connection with abuses in Afghanistan.
[All emphasis mine.]
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