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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas May 05, 2004 11:05am |
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| News Date | Wednesday, May 5, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Rumsfeld Stops Short of Direct Apology Over Abuses
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Wednesday "any American" felt apologetic for abuses of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers but stopped short of offering a direct apology himself. Rumsfeld was asked at a news conference on Tuesday whether he would offer an apology to the Iraqi people over abuses by U.S. soldiers at an Iraqi prison. He declined to give one. Pressed over whether he might be forced to resign over the scandal, Rumsfeld did not reply directly to the question. Asked whether there should be financial compensation to Iraqi prisoners who were abused by U.S. soldiers, Rumsfeld said judgments such as these would have to be made as part of the uniform code of military justice.
Photographs showing Iraqi prisoners stripped of their clothes and being humiliated and abused have badly damaged U.S. prestige and credibility, especially in the Arab world. There has also been anger at home and Congress has called for public hearings on the scandal. Two Iraqi prisoners have been murdered by Americans and 23 other deaths are being investigated in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States revealed on Tuesday. |
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