dupe - sorry :(

[UpInArms]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57125-2004Jun21.html

Tuesday, June 22, 2004; Page A01

BAGHDAD, June 21 -- A U.S. Army judge on Monday agreed to a request by attorneys of soldiers accused of abusing detainees in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison to question the commander of U.S. military forces in the Middle East, as well as several other top commanders and their subordinates.

The order by Col. James Pohl effectively compels the commanders to submit to interviews unless they invoke their constitutional rights against self- incrimination. It names Gen. John P. Abizaid, who heads the U.S. Central Command and supervises operations in the region; Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq; Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz, Sanchez's immediate subordinate; Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. Miller, deputy commander of detention operations in Iraq; and Maj. Gen. Barbara Fast, the top military intelligence officer in Iraq.

In addition, the order requires others serving under the five Army generals to be made available for interviews.

By allowing the interviews, Pohl appeared to signal a willingness to explore what is emerging as the main line of defense for the seven soldiers accused of abusing and humiliating detainees at Abu Ghraib: That the abusive tactics used at the prison were not only condoned by their commanders but part of their orders.

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please continue discussion here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=636501

[mom cat]

1. What about the commander in chief?

[shraby]

2. Bout time!!!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[hang a left]

3. Link from earlier today

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x636501

on edit:

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Defense lawyers for soldiers on trial in the Iraqi prisoner abuse case won permission Monday to question two top U.S. generals, and the military judge ordered that the Abu Ghraib prison not be torn down because it is a crime scene.


The judge also refused to move the trials of Spc. Charles A. Graner Jr., Sgt. Javal S. Davis and Staff Sgt. Ivan L. "Chip" Frederick II outside Iraq (news - web sites).


The judge, Col. James Pohl, left open the possibility of calling other senior figures if the defense could show their testimony was relevant — which Guy Womack, the civilian lawyer for Graner, said the lawyers intended to do.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=716&e=6&u=/ap...