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Rumsfeld tours Abu Ghraib jail
IRAQI prisoners gave US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld a frosty reception today as he toured Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, at the centre of revelations of abuses by US troops, during a surprise visit to Iraq. Iraqi security detainees watched from behind a fence as Mr Rumsfeld toured the facility in an armoured vehicle. Some of the prisoners gestured a thumbs-down to Mr Rumsfeld, others held aloft a tattered Iraqi flag. Most stood in silence with their arms folded as they were paraded for their guest. Mr Rumsfeld had told reporters he wanted to hear from those involved in the day-to-day work of detainee operations. "We care about the detainees being treated right. We care about soldiers behaving right. We care about command systems working," he told journalists.Posted by: tipper 2004-05-13 |
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