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Military Intel Ordered Iraq Detainees Hidden from Red Cross

HeadlineAug 05, 2004

A military staff sergeant revealed in court yesterday that military intelligence officials at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq ordered military police soldiers to keep several detainees hidden from the International Committee of the Red Cross. Coded message were left on some cell doors to indicate which detainees the visitors were not allowed to see or interview. This according to a report in the Washington Post.

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