Soldier Who Exposed Iraq Prison Abuse Speaks Out

In an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, Darby said that if presented with the same Abu Ghraib circumstances today, he would react the same way. "It was a hard decision to make when I made it, but it had to be done," he said. Darby also said he later learned that Rumsfeld was not the first to identify him, and did not see "anything intentional or malicious" on the Pentagon chief's part. Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib were brutalized and sexually humiliated by military police and intelligence agents in fall 2003. Photos of the abuse - the same ones that Darby provided to investigators - stirred global condemnation of U.S. military policies and practices in Iraq. At least 11 U.S. soldiers have been convicted of charges stemming from Abu Ghraib. Spc. Charles Graner of Uniontown, Pa., and Pfc. Lynndie England of Fort Ashby, W.Va., who were depicted in the photos, are serving 10 years and three years in prison respectively. Darby, a 27-year-old military policeman, has not previously detailed his role at Abu Ghraib, according to Dan Scheffey, a spokesman for GQ magazine. In the as-told-to article by Wil S. Hylton, Darby says he never expected the Abu Ghraib story to "explode the way it did." Article's URL: http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-08102006-696089.html

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