Abu Ghraib man 'ignored orders'
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The court martial of the soldier accused of leading the Abu Ghraib abuses hears he routinely ignored commands.
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MANNHEIM, Germany - A key suspect in the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison voiced fear he was being made a scapegoat when he was asked to turn over a laptop computer and other evidence suspected of containing photos of the maltreatment, an investigator told a U.S. military court Monday...
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FORT HOOD, Texas  - The central figure in the Abu  Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal admitted for the first time on  Saturday that he had acted wrongly, but said he complained  repeatedly to superiors and was told to continue rough  treatment.
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Iraq - The highest-ranking United States soldier charged in the Abu Ghraib prison case was sentenced to eight years in prison, the severest punishment so far in the scandal that broke in April with the publication of photos and video showing Americans
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Defense attorneys for a military police soldier charged with detainee abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq argued in court that their client was a pawn in a widespread policy of abusive military intelligence procedures, citing two extensive Pentagon  investigative reports released last week as evidence that the soldier was following orders.
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MANNHEIM, Germany -- An Army reservist charged with abusing Iraqi detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison said yesterday he will plead guilty to some offenses, acknowledging he broke the law and saying he accepts responsibility for his actions.
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The Army reservist found guilty of being the ringleader of the abuse at Abu Ghraib prison told a jury considering his sentence that he had repeatedly complained about orders to treat detainees harshly.
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MANNHEIM, Germany - An Army reservist charged with abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison said Monday he will plead guilty to some offenses, acknowledging he broke the law and saying he accepts responsibility for his actions.    The military judge in the case, meanwhile, complained of delays in the government investigation and warned he might dismiss charges against at least one accused soldier unless the probes were wrapped up by the end of the year...
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Military dog handlers at Abu Ghraib were supposed to help interrogators but not during actual interrogations, the two-star general who reviewed operations at the prison in Iraq testified.
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Inattention to prisoner issues by senior U.S. military leaders in Iraq and at the Pentagon was a key factor in the abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison, but there is no evidence they ordered any mistreatment, an independent panel concluded. A second report looking at prisoner abuse was expected to be released Wednesday.
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Sgt. Javal Davis has acknowledged stepping on the fingers and toes of detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, but said he was ordered to "soften them up." Spc. Sabrina Harman was photographed standing behind naked, hooded Iraqis stacked in a human pyramid.
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WASHINGTON -- An Army inquiry into prisoner abuse in Iraq has found that almost three dozen intelligence personnel at the Abu Ghraib prison either colluded with guards to mistreat detainees, personally abused and tortured inmates, or ignored the abuse, officials said yesterday.
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A UK soldier accused of abusing Iraqi civilians had been following orders, a court martial is told.
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A Pentagon commission found that top US military commanders bear some responsibility for abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq because they failed to recognize deteriorating performance
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FORT HOOD, Texas  - A U.S. soldier at the center  of the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal was said in court on  Wednesday to have often flouted instructions, undercutting his  defense that he was following orders when he humiliated and  beat prisoners.
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A former inmate at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison testified Wednesday that Army Spec. Charles A. Graner Jr., a former guard and the alleged ringleader of the abuse there, was ordered by military intelligence officers to beat and torture inmates.
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WASHINGTON - Inattention to prisoner issues by senior U.S. military leaders in Iraq and at the Pentagon was a key factor in the abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison, but there is no evidence they ordered any mistreatment, an independent panel concluded...