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05/26/2004:

"US prisoner abuse 'widespread'"

A leaked study by the US army says abuse of prisoners in US custody is more widespread than previously known, a US newspaper has reported.

Cases of maltreatment date from as early as the war in Afghanistan in 2002 to as recently as last month in Iraq, according to The New York Times. news.bbc.co.uk

Abu Ghraib: Dark stain on Iraq's past
Abu Ghraib prison lurks behind high walls and brooding watchtowers on the main highway west of Baghdad. A square kilometre of hell during Saddam Hussein's horrific rule, it has retained some of its malevolence since US forces took over the facility, two weeks after toppling the Iraqi regime. The huge prison complex was built by British contractors in the 1960s. news.bbc.co.uk