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US Army Clears 4 Top Officers in Abu Ghraib Investigation
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Army's top investigating officer decides there is no basis for
bringing any charges against either Lieutenant-General Ricardo Sanchez
or two other generals and a colonel who worked for him





A detainee in an outdoor solitary confinement cell talks with a
military policeman at the Abu Ghraib prison

The U.S. Army has cleared four top officers, including a former top
U.S. commander in Iraq, of any wrongdoing in the Abu Ghraib prisoner
abuse scandal.

Defense officials say the Army's inspector general ultimately decided
there was no basis for bringing charges against Lieutenant General
Ricardo Sanchez and two generals and a colonel under his command.



The officials said that another military official, Army Reserve
Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, has been relieved of her command
and given a written reprimand. She oversaw the military police at the
center of the prison scandal.

The findings are to be released in an upcoming report.

The Abu Ghraib prison scandal sparked outrage and condemnation in the
United States and around the world after pictures emerged of American
soldiers physically abusing and humiliating Iraqi prisoners.

Some information for this report provided by AP and Reuters.


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