NYT-Abu Ghraib Inquiry Is Said to Focus on Head of Its Interrogation Cente

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But General Fay is asking several specific questions about Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan, the former head of the Joint Interrogation and Debriefing Center, the statements he made to interrogators and his instructions about treating Iraqi prisoners, said one military intelligence soldier who has been interviewed and who would only speak if promised anonymity. "Fay showed a real interest in Jordan," the soldier said.

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A military interrogator stationed at Abu Ghraib said that, over a six-hour period during the inspectors' visit, five or six prisoners were put into cells, where they were forced to sit in uncomfortable positions. "They had hoods on them and they had their arms bound," said the interrogator, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the continuing inquiry. "They put them over there to hide them from a Red Cross inspection."


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In a sign of the investigation's complexity and political sensitivity, General Fay has asked Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, the ground commander in Iraq who ordered the inquiry, for a 30-day extension, pushing his deadline for completion into early July. Army officials said that General Fay was striving to be thorough, but the extra time would also delay the inquiry's findings until after the American-led occupation transfers sovereignty to a caretaker Iraqi government on June 30.

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Colonel Jordan has declined all requests for interviews. He is still in Iraq, working as an intelligence staff officer for Maj. Gen. Barbara Fast, the top American intelligence officer in Iraq, a senior military officer in Iraq said.

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more: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/04/politics/04ABUS.html?th

[saigon68]

1. WAR CRIMES WERE COMMITTED

They should just own up to it.

Oh-- and how is the Peterson trial going? </Saracsm></Disgust>

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2. The last paragraph in the times...

Other soldiers questioned if Colonel Jordan's temperament was appropriate for the job. One military interrogator recalled a briefing of several dozen interrogators and interpreters in which Colonel Jordan made a derogatory remark about Arabs. The remark did not go over well and Colonel Jordan had to apologize because the remark offended some Arabic interpreters in the room, the interrogator said......

[saigon68]

3. Probably called them RAG HEADS