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U.S. Troops Mistreat Elder Iraqi woman
(Sue Leeman, Associated Press, May 5, 2004)
U.S. soldiers who detained an elderly Iraqi woman last year placed a harness on her, made her crawl on all fours and rode her like a donkey, Prime Minister Tony Blair 's personal human rights envoy to Iraq said Wednesday. . . . The envoy, legislator Ann Clwyd, said she had investigated the claims of the woman in her 70s and believed they were true. . . . Clwyd, 67, is a veteran politician of the governing Labour Party and a strong Blair supporter who regularly visits Iraq and reports back on issues such as human rights, the delivery of food and medical supplies to Iraqis, and Iraq's Kurdish minority. Her job as Blair's human rights envoy is unpaid and advisory. . . . Clwyd said the Iraqi woman was arrested in Iraq in July and accused of having links to a former member of Saddam Hussein's regime — a charge she denied. . . . The abuse occurred last year in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison and at another coalition detention center, Clwyd said. . . . "She was held for about six weeks without charge," the envoy told Wednesday's Evening Standard newspaper. "During that time she was insulted and told she was a donkey. A harness was put on her, and an American rode on her back." . . . Clwyd said the woman has recovered physically but remains traumatized. . . . Clwyd said she had been told about the case because the woman has relatives in Britain. . . . Clwyd, who said the woman did not want to be named, did not identify the American military unit involved.

posted by Lorenzo 4:00 PM