Army Releases Report On Prison Abuses; 'Ramadi Madness' Video Is Described

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › March 05, 2005

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Videos from Iraq compiled by a Florida National Guardsman and called "Ramadi Madness" appeared to show one soldier kicking a wounded, cuffed prisoner and another striking a detainee with a rifle butt, yet Army investigators found no cause to charge anyone with abuse, according to Army documents released Friday.

The videos were described in 1,200 pages of documents released by the Army Friday in response to a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union, which is seeking information on prisoner abuse in Iraq. Previously, the military had been providing the documents to the ACLU, which in turn has made them public, but on Friday provided copies to the news media as well.

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Army Releases Report On Prison Abuses; 'Ramadi Madness' Video Is Described

Army officials said the documents summarized 13 investigations, none of which resulted in abuse charges. A number were closed due to insufficient evidence. The Army, which says it is committed to ...

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