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WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (AFP) - Thirteen prisoners suffered abuse serious enough
to require medical treatment while at a detention center in Baghdad operated
by Interior Ministry special commandos, The Washington Post reported Monday.
In a dispatch from Baghdad, the report cited US and Iraqi officials as
saying "an Iraqi official with firsthand knowledge of the search said that
at least 12 of the 13 prisoners had been subjected to 'severe torture',
including sessions of electric shock and episodes that left them with broken
bones."
"Two of them showed me their nails, and they were gone," the report quoted
the official, whom it said was not named "because of security concerns".
Iraqi government spokesman Laith Kubba said late Sunday that any findings at
the prison would be "subject to an investigation", but he declined to
comment on the allegations, the Post reported.
The site, which was searched Thursday, is the second Interior Ministry
detention center where cases of prisoner abuse have been confirmed by US and
Iraqi officials, the report added.
International law, including the UN Convention Against Torture, bans torture
in all cases.
to require medical treatment while at a detention center in Baghdad operated
by Interior Ministry special commandos, The Washington Post reported Monday.
In a dispatch from Baghdad, the report cited US and Iraqi officials as
saying "an Iraqi official with firsthand knowledge of the search said that
at least 12 of the 13 prisoners had been subjected to 'severe torture',
including sessions of electric shock and episodes that left them with broken
bones."
"Two of them showed me their nails, and they were gone," the report quoted
the official, whom it said was not named "because of security concerns".
Iraqi government spokesman Laith Kubba said late Sunday that any findings at
the prison would be "subject to an investigation", but he declined to
comment on the allegations, the Post reported.
The site, which was searched Thursday, is the second Interior Ministry
detention center where cases of prisoner abuse have been confirmed by US and
Iraqi officials, the report added.
International law, including the UN Convention Against Torture, bans torture
in all cases.