Ex-Iraq general blasts war planners, media

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Ex-Iraq general blasts war planners, media
By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Oct 12, 2007 17:57:32 EDT

The former top commander of forces in Iraq lambasted reporters Friday for having “agenda-driven biases” he called “a threat to democracy,” and then laid out the Bush administration and Congress for bad planning and no clear end state for the war in Iraq.

“There is no question America is living a nightmare with no end in sight,” said retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez at an annual professional conference for military reporters outside Washington, D.C. “There is nothing going on today that would give us hope.”

Sanchez was head of coalition forces in Iraq from June 2003 to June 2004.

when asked where accountability lay while he headed the forces, as well as for his part in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, Sanchez said it was too late for him to do anything when he took over.

Sanchez retired in 2006 after he wasn’t offered another command position after the Abu Ghraib scandal broke in April 2004. Leaked photographs depicting mistreatment of detainees at the prison outside Baghdad erupted into an international story that harmed U.S. efforts to build support for the war. Nine enlisted soldiers were court-martialed and convicted of crimes in connection with the scandal.

Sanchez said his career was a casualty of the Abu Ghraib scandal.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/10/army_sanchez_071012w/



uhc coment: Ge. Sanchez was in charge when Gen. Miller paid a visit to Abu Ghraib.

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