The general in charge of the US-run prison system in Iraq has been suspended and put under investigation over the alleged abuse of Iraqi detainees by US soldiers.
A senior US military spokesman says Brigadier General Janis Karpinski was suspended from her duties in late January after six US soldiers were indicted for mistreating prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
Gen Karpinski and another six officers are under administrative investigation that could result in letters of reprimand.
The US Army confirmed the suspension after American network CBS broadcast images of US troops mistreating Iraqi prisoners.
Photographs aired by the network on 60 Minutes II include one showing a prisoner standing on a box with a hood over his head and wires coming from his hands.
The network says he was told he would be electrocuted if he fell off.
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UPDATE: Rahul Mahajan at Empire Notes makes an interesting post on this topic. Rahul:
April 28, 11:30 am EST. Late start blogging this morning because I was on MSNBC News in a “debate” about the shocking (but not surprising) degradation and abuse of Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison committed by U.S. personnel.
Read the rest, including shocking quotes from one of the indicted soldiers’ emails home.