Human Rights Watch Calls for Accountability Into U.S. Abuse of Detainees

An internal investigation by the Army's inspector general has cleared four of the Army's top five officers in Iraq of any wrongdoing in connection to the torture of Iraqi detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison. Unless new evidence emerges, the investigation effectively ends the Army's investigation into its role in the abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison.

Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch has demanded that a special prosecutor be named to investigate Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, former CIA director George Tenet and other top officials for possible war crimes related to the torture and abuse of prisoners.

The report, titled "Getting Away with Torture? Command Responsibility for the U.S Abuse of Detainees" - found that there was overwhelming evidence of widespread mistreatment and abuse of Muslim prisoners not only at Abu Ghraib but throughout Afghanistan and Iraq, Guantanamo Bay and other "secret locations" around the world. The report also called for investigations of Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez - the former top U.S commander in Iraq - and General Geoffery Miller the former commander of the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay.

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