The summary, dated May 5, was prepared by the Criminal
Investigation Command at the request of Army officials,
according to the newspaper.
It outlines the status of investigations into 36 cases,
including the continuing probe into the abuses at Abu Ghraib
prison on the outskirts of Baghdad, the paper said.
The Iraq cases date back to April 2003, the Times reported.
In an incident reported to have taken place last month, a
prisoner detained by Navy commandos died in a suspected case of
homicide blamed on "blunt force trauma to the torso and
positional asphyxia," the paper said.
The U.S. forces' treatment of prisoners has come under
scrutiny because of revelations about the physical and sexual
abuse of Iraqi inmates at the Abu Ghraib prison. Seven U.S.
soldiers have been charged with abusing Iraqi prisoners there.
In a speech on Tuesday, President Bush (news - web sites) said the prison
"became a symbol of disgraceful conduct by a few American
troops who dishonored our country and disregarded our values,"
and said the notorious prison would be demolished as a "symbol
of Iraq's new beginning."
One of the oldest cases listed in the May 5 document
involves the death of a prisoner in Afghanistan in December
2002, the paper said.
The document said enlisted personnel from a military
intelligence unit at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and an Army
Reserve military-police unit from Ohio are thought to have been
"involved at various times in assaulting and mistreating the
detainee," according to the Times.
Members of the 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion, which
is part of the California National Guard, were accused of
abusing Iraqi detainees last spring in Samarra, north of
Baghdad, the Times reported.
The Army summary said the unidentified enlisted personnel
"forced into asphyxiations numerous detainees in an attempt to
obtain information" over a 10-week period, according to the
paper.
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