Reservists Accused of Iraq Mistreatment

[kayell]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031019/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_prisoner_death_11

LOS ANGELES - Eight Marine reservists accused in the mistreatment of prisoners of war in Iraq (news - web sites) were being held at Camp Pendleton on charges ranging from negligent homicide to dereliction of duty, military officials said.


Meanwhile, a lawyer representing one of the men said Saturday the Army did not have the necessary personnel to run the detention camp and the reservists were untrained for the job.


"In the rush to war with Iraq, providing the mandatory training to reservists seems to have had little if any priority with the Pentagon (news - web sites)," Donald Rehkopf Jr. said in a statement released Saturday.

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The reservists "had no training at all. They were given a 30-minute training on the Geneva convention," Rehkopf said, referring to the international accords for treatment of POWs.

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[TahitiNut]

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