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Wednesday, May 18, 2005

NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS - 18 MAY 05 
From the NY Times, 2 Officers Punished in 2003 for Abusing Detainees ("Two Army officers staged mock executions of Iraqi prisoners in 2003 and were given career-ending punishments, according to military officials and newly released documents. Mock executions, in which a prisoner is made to believe that his death is imminent, are prohibited by the Army as a form of torture. The details of the investigations were described in documents sought by the American Civil Liberties Union under the Freedom of Information Act. The Army provided the documents on Tuesday."); Reservist Gets Six Month Sentence for Abusing Iraqis at Abu Ghraib (another SPC Sabrina Harman story).