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Bremer knew, minister claims
(Luke Harding, The Guardian, May 10, 2004)
Iraq's first human rights minister launched a blistering attack yesterday on America's chief administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, saying that he had warned him repeatedly last year that US soldiers were abusing Iraqi detainees. . . . Dr Turki also claimed that he had received "information" of abuses committed against prisoners "just this week", but refused to give details. . . . In December, a month before the US military set up its own secret inquiry into Abu Ghraib, he telephoned Mr Bremer to complain about the treatment of female detainees. . . . "They had been denied medical treatment. They had no proper toilet. They had only been given one blanket, even though it was winter," he said. . . . Dr Turki's claims heap embarrassment on the US-led coalition and the Pentagon, and suggest both had been aware of the widespread abuse much earlier than previously admitted. . . . Yesterday Dr Turki said that in March he and other US-appointed ministers had demanded an investigation after a US soldier raped a woman prisoner, documented by Major General Antonio Taguba in his report on Abu Ghraib. . . . "We were told this matter would be dealt with in secret, and with only Americans attending," he said.

posted by Lorenzo 2:58 PM