Another Afghan Prison Probe Launched

[maddezmom]

~snip~
U.S. military spokesman Tucker Mansager said leaders of the U.S.-led coalition had been notified on Thursday of "another allegation of detainee abuse" and had begun an "immediate investigation."


He gave no further details of the allegation, only saying the information had come from a third party.


"Coalition forces are committed to ensuring all the detainees are treated humanely and consistent with international law," Mansager told a news conference in the Afghan capital, Kabul.


In light of the widening scandal over prisoner abuse in Iraq (news - web sites), Human Rights Watch on Thursday called for a network of secretive U.S. military jails in Afghanistan to be opened to outside scrutiny, claiming prisoners in U.S. custody suffered "systemic" mistreatment.
~snip~
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&ncid=716&e=2&u=/ap/20040515/ap_on_re_as/afghan_prisoner_abuse