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This week's Economist cover screams, "Resign, Rumsfeld". With the tide of condemnation over American mistreatment of prisoners in Iraq and the charge that it will be a "permanent stain on America for years to come" (sic), the events at Abu Ghraib jail in Baghdad seem a story judged. The admonition of the Economist leader that "the pictures of abuse, especially the one… of the hooded man wired as if for electrocution, stand an awful chance of becoming iconic images that could haunt America for years…" shows how news organisations are doing their damnedest to make sure just that happens. The...

Largely forgotten in the hysterical media coverage of the Iraqi prison abuse scandal is this tidbit: the vast majority of the alleged abuses were committed against the most hardened terrorist suspects and known troublemakers, many of whom took part in prison uprisings that put the lives of U.S. military guards at risk. Section 34 of the now notorious Taguba Report begins: "The following riots, escapes, and shootings have been documented and reported to this Investigation Team." Here's a few selected highlights: * June 9, 2003 - Riot and shootings of five detainees at Camp Cropper. (115th MP Battalion) Several...

Ever since it was released to the media late last week, the Pentagon's "Taguba Report" on the abuse of Iraqi detainees by U.S. MPs has fueled a firestorm of controversy, adding new details about heinous-sounding crimes that hadn't been included in initial media reports on the scandal. While prison abuse photographs broadcast by CBS News last week document little more than the humiliation of Iraqi inmates, it was Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba's catalogue of allegations that offered the most dramatic claims of physical abuse; including brutal beatings, a dog attack and sodomizing of a detainee "with a chemical...

See link. I have not excerpted the report as there are many interesting parts covering various topics and they are scattered throughout. Perhaps others can post what they find most significant. The MSNBC link does not include the report annexes.