The panel of the offical inquiry into the scandal of US soldiers’ mistreatment of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison has issued a report that lays some of the blame at the door of Donald Rumsfeld.
The Reuters news agency reveals that
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld came under fire on Tuesday from a high-level inquiry into the Abu Ghraib prison scandal but a U.S. military judge ruled he did not have to testify at a trial arising from the abuse of Iraqi prisoners.
A four-member panel headed by former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger issued a report accusing the chain of command from Rumsfeld down of leadership failures that created conditions for the abuse late last year that sparked anti-American outrage across the world.
“Military and civilian leaders at the Pentagon share this burden of responsibility.”
Tags: Iraq, politics, totalitarianism
