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NBC: Delta Forces Oversaw Abuses at Secret Iraq Prison

HeadlineMay 21, 2004

NBC News is reporting another prison scandal may soon be emerging. The Pentagon is now investigating charges of abuse carried out by the Army’s elite Delta Force at a top secret site near the Baghdad airport. According to some US officials the most egregious violations of the Geneva Conventions took place at this site where top-level Iraqi suspects are held. According to NBC the normal rules of interrogation don’t apply here. As soon as detainees are brought in, hoods are put over their heads. The detainees are routinely drugged. Prisoners are held under water until they think they are drowning. And some are smothered to the point of near suffocation. In related news, on Capitol Hill, the House voted 308 to 114 on Thursday to tear down Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. And some 400 more prisoners in Abu Grab prisoners were released today.

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