Army reports 16 new criminal investigations

[Robbien]

The Washington Post


WASHINGTON - The Army reported on Friday 16 more criminal investigations into possible misconduct by U.S. soldiers against detainees and civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The revised figures brought to 85 the number of inquiries by the Army's Criminal Investigation Division into detainee deaths and alleged assaults and thefts by U.S. soldiers in the region in the past 1 1/2 years. Counting 22 other investigative actions by commanders in the field, the cases now total 107 and have involved at least 111 Iraqis and Afghanis, Army officials said.

. . .

Whether most of the accusations involve recent incidents or ones that occurred some time ago could not be determined from the list of statistics provided by the Army. But at least one of the new death investigations was triggered by the killing of an Iraqi last week after a high-speed car chase near Kufa.

A brief statement issued Friday by the U.S. military command in Baghdad said the killing, which occurred on the afternoon of May 21, may have violated the rules of engagement that govern when U.S. soldiers can use deadly force.

http://www.registerguard.com/news/2004/06/05/a2.int.warabusemore.0605.html

[Ilsa]

1. And on Monday DimSon will say it is just a few

bad apples causing all the trouble. If he says it enough, then more of the sheeple will believe it.

[Spazito]

2. Damn, those 6 or 7 "bad apples" sure got around!

This keeps growing and growing, I hope it continues until the actual truth about who is at fault and why comes out.

[happyending]

3. $1

I will be you a dollar that this stuff is NOT registering with the general public.

If so, the political value of such stories is nil.

(edited to clarify - If there aren't any photos, does it really exist? Will they run this story on the Network News? Stories like this may go completely under the radar.)

[displacedtexan]

4. Typical news dump timing.

Damn! Why don't soldiers just follow their own fucking rules? They could put a stop to this psy ops crap!

[brainshrub]

5. Unless Bush is on that list,

I'm not impressed.

[David Zephyr]

6. "Just Six Soldiers, Just Six Soldiers, Just Six Soldiers"

n/t