Reply #130: HERE ARE NAMES OF SOLDIERS

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Families of the 372nd tormented by stories of POW abuses in Iraq


Families of the 372nd tormented by stories of POW abuses in Iraq
Soldier detailed problems in journal sent to father in Md.

By Ariel Sabar, Gus Sentementes and Jeff Barker
Sun Staff

Originally published April 30, 2004
CUMBERLAND - For months, members of the 372nd Military Police Company harbored a terrible secret.

The Army Reserve unit based near here - whose service in Iraq made many of its members hometown heroes - had boasted six months ago of its credentials for a new security assignment at a prison west of Baghdad.

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But months later, the prison detail was disgraced in news reports across the world.

The Army said yesterday that 14 of the 17 soldiers implicated in an investigation of abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison are from the 372nd. They face either criminal or administrative charges.

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(Article continues and gives names, backgrounds on the torture photo mp's--first I've seen that with this.)


http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/iraq/bal-te.md.soldier30a...