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News 05-18-04 Red Cross: Iraq Abuse Widespread and Routine (Associated Press - Higgins) "Up to 90 percent of Iraqi detainees were arrested 'by mistake,' according to coalition intelligence officers cited in a Red Cross report disclosed Monday. It also says U.S. officers mistreated inmates at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison by keeping them naked in dark, empty cells." 5-04 08-24-04 Panel: Top Officials, Including Rumsfeld, Responsible for Abuses (USA Today) "An independent panel investigating prisoner abuse in Iraq blamed top Pentagon officials and local commanders for creating conditions that led to "acts of brutality and purposeless sadism" toward some prisoners at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison." "But it is the first to assign some responsibility for the abuse to top Defense Department officials, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. It implicitly criticized them for confusing policies regarding what was permissible in the interrogation of prisoners in Iraq and at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba." 8-04 Refugee News (Refugees.org) Provides news on the status of refugees. Provides a current focus on Iraq's refugees, by hosting country. 4-03