Tuesday, March 15, 2005

U.S. calls deaths of 26 prisoners homicides

U.S. calls deaths of 26 prisoners homicides: "Powered by Ultralingua | By Douglas Jehl and Eric Schmitt The New York Times |
Wednesday, March 16, 2005

At least 26 prisoners have died in American custody in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2002 in what U.S. Army and Navy investigators have now concluded or suspect were acts of criminal homicide, according to military officials.

The number of confirmed or suspected unlawful killings of prisoners is much higher than any the army and the Pentagon have previously reported. ...

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