May 7, 2004
Army Probes 42 Cases of Abuse of Iraq Civilians
Reuters

The U.S. Army is investigating possible abuse by Americans of 42 Iraqi civilians in addition to ongoing probes of abuse of prisoners in Iraq (news - web sites), the Army's top civilian said on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army is investigating possible abuse by Americans of 42 Iraqi civilians in addition to ongoing probes of abuse of prisoners in Iraq (news - web sites), the Army's top civilian said on Friday.

Les Brownlee, acting secretary of the Army, told the Senate Armed Services Committee (news - web sites) that in addition to 35 investigations of abuse of prisoners, the Army Criminal Investigation Command or individual Army units were investigating "42 other potential cases of misconduct against civilians" that occurred "outside detention facilities."

Brownlee gave no details about the nature of the suspected abuse being investigated.

The Army said previously it was looking into the deaths of 25 prisoners held in Iraq or Afghanistan (news - web sites), determining there were two homicides by Americans against Iraqi prisoners, one case of justifiable homicide and 12 cases in which the cause of death was natural or undetermined. Ten other deaths remain under investigation, and 10 cases of nonlethal assault remain under investigation, the Army has said.

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