US general suspended over Iraq prison abuse
The US Army confirmed the suspension of the general in charge of the US-run prison system in Iraq after US network CBS broadcast images of US troops mistreating Iraqi prisoners. Photographs aired by the network on 60 Minutes II include one showing a prisoner standing on a box with a hood over his head and wires coming from his hands. He was told he would be electrocuted if he fell off.
Other pictures show nude prisoners lying on each other and simulating oral sex as US troops point and laugh.
Deputy Chief of Military Operations in Iraq, General Mark Kimmitt said "we expect our soldiers to be treated well by the adversary, by the enemy... and if we can't hold ourselves up as an example of how to treat people with dignity and respect, we can't ask that other nations do that to our soldiers."
One of the six soldiers charged, Army Reserve Staff Sergeant Chip Frederick, posed for a photograph while sitting on top of a detainee, he was charged for striking detainees and ordering detainees to strike each other, among other things.
Frederick, a prison guard from Virginia in civilian life, blamed the problems at the prison on the atmosphere created by commanders.
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