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A former POW in Iraq names an Ashley-based reservist in a complaint against the U.S. Army. And he compared the treatment at his camp to the abuse that's making international news. Hossam Shaltout said widespread mistreatment from soldiers in Camp Bucca, where he was imprisoned last year, was as inhumane as that depicted in recent photos from Camp Abu Ghraib in Iraq. Shaltout described Camp Bucca as a "torture camp" where soldiers beat and humiliated prisoners, had them lie naked atop each other or pose in sexual positions. "They wanted us to have sex with each other," Shaltout said. He...

Soldier accused in prisoner beating comes home DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press PHILADELPHIA It has been a bittersweet homecoming for Shawna Edmondson, one of four U.S. soldiers accused of beating prisoners of war at a detention camp in Iraq.The 24-year-old University of Scranton student and security guard quietly returned Friday to a hometown that rallied behind her when she and other members of her Ashley-based Army Reserve unit were charged with abuse and misconduct.Edmondson, who accepted a demotion and a discharge rather than face a court martial, said her welcome in northeast Pennsylvania has been warm, but mixed. Amid the...