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Pentagon report details abuse of Iraqi detainees
The report, with many portions blacked out, concludes that the detainees' treatment was wrong but not illegal.
US special operations forces fed some Iraqi detainees only bread and water for up to 17 days, used unapproved interrogation practices such as sleep deprivation and loud music and stripped at least one prisoner, according to a Pentagon report on incidents dating to 2003 and 2004.
The report, with many portions blacked out, concludes that the detainees' treatment was wrong but not illegal and reflected inadequate resources and lack of oversight and proper guidance more than deliberate abuse. No military personnel were punished as a result of the investigation.
Released to the American Civil Liberties Union on Friday, the details of the report were was part of more than 1,000 pages of documents, including two major reports -- one by Army Brigadier General Richard Formica on special operations forces and one by Brig Gen Charles Jacoby, on Afghanistan detainees.
