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To: lurqer who wrote (38336)	2/24/2004 2:46:45 AM
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US suspends 17 troops in detainee abuse probe U.S. forces investigating allegations of mistreatment of Iraqi detainees at a prison west of Baghdad have suspended 17 soldiers including a battalion commander and a company commander. "We can confirm that 17 personnel have been suspended from duty pending the outcome of the investigation," a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad said on Monday. Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, commander of ground forces in Iraq, last month ordered an investigation into reports that prisoners had been abused at Abu Ghraib, a jail which was notorious during Saddam Hussein's rule and which is now run by U.S. forces. The Army gave no details of the alleged abuse. On January 5, the U.S. Army said three soldiers had been discharged for abusing Iraqi prisoners of war at another detention camp. The three were found guilty of beating, kicking and harassing prisoners at Camp Bucca in southern Iraq. The Army had said the three faced up to 25 years in jail if convicted of all charges. The soldiers said they acted in self-defence. The U.S. Army has said it is also investigating the treatment of three Iraqis working for Reuters and one working for U.S. network NBC who were detained on January 2 while covering the aftermath of the shooting down of a U.S. helicopter and held near the town of Falluja for three days. Reuters made a formal protest last month to the American military about the treatment of the Reuters team while in detention. reuters.co.uk lurqer