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Originally posted by smooth
I don't know the response to the allegations. I haven't read anything so far that suggests reprimands were taking place before the media broke the story.
Rumsfield testified he wasn't even sure of what the allegations or actions were. He admitted he hadn't even read a report of them from two months ago. The Red Cross is stating they knew about such abuses and alerted the military commanders and the pentagon over a year ago.
All of these things indicate to me that he didn't "put the boot down."
And even now, where are the soldiers? I only know of the woman. She is confined to her barracks. That's certainly not putting any boot down either. Minimizing the atrocities isn't putting the boot down, to my mind either.
Perhaps instead of bickering with me you could produce some evidence that he actually did something to show the world how seriously he took this.
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The whole system was working. Soldiers were removed from their positions, the ones involved with the murders were put on trial with one already being sentenced. The system of checks and balances that would have prevented the abuse failed but from all indications I've seen the justice system kicked in once the allegations were known to have some foundation.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...376AAC027D.htm
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US reprimands Iraqi abuse soldiers
Tuesday 04 May 2004, 14:38 Makka Time, 11:38 GMT
US network CBS released pictures of US soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners
The US occupation military has reprimanded six senior commissioned and non-commissioned officers in connection with the abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad, a senior US military official has said.
The announcement on Monday follows an administrative investigation ordered by Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, the commander of US forces in Iraq, into abuse of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib.
Six other soldiers are already being criminally investigated for their involvement in the alleged abuse.
The reprimands are private and no details will be released on the names or ranks of those punished, the US official said.
A seventh person received a lesser letter of admonishment in connection with the same incident.
Last week, the US network CBS released pictures of US soldiers abusing and humiliating prisoners inside Abu Ghraib, including piling them up naked and hooded.
A prisoner was made to stand on
a box with electric wires attached
In one case a prisoner standing on a box had wires attached to his hands and feet and was told he would be electrocuted if he stepped off it.
Sanchez ordered an investigation into possible abuse in January, and in March the US military brought charges of assault, cruelty and maltreatment against six soldiers, members of a military police battalion.
The alleged abuses were said to have involved about 20 prisoners and took place in November and December last year.
Sanchez's non-criminal, administrative investigation was launched at the same time as the criminal probe.
A second administrative investigation into "interrogation practices used in Abu Ghraib" is also underway and follows reports that intelligence officers may have encouraged the abuse.
Britain is investigating separate allegations of abuse by British troops in southern Iraq.
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