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  Taguba Cites Mismanagement in Iraq Abuse in Impromptu Senate Hearing
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Last EditedGerald Farinas  May 11, 2004 12:19pm
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News DateTuesday, May 11, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionTaguba Cites Mismanagement in Iraq Abuse in Impromptu Senate Hearing
The Honolulu Advertiser

The Army general who first investigated prisoner abuse in an Iraqi prison told Congress on Tuesday the mistreatment resulted from faulty leadership, a "lack of discipline, no training whatsoever and no supervision" of the troops. Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba also left open the possibility that members of the Central Intelligence Agency as well as armed forces personnel and civilian contractors were culpable in the abusive treatment of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison. "A few soldiers and civilians conspired to abuse and conduct egregious acts of violence against detainees and other civilians outside the bounds of international laws and the Geneva Convention," Taguba told the Senate Armed Services Committee. The hearing unfolded less than two weeks after photos surfaced showing some Iraqi prisoners forced by their American captors to assume sexually humiliating positions.
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