US Demands Iraq Protect Prisoners

"Abu Ghraib was criminal and I was appalled," Gen Gardner, head of US military prisons in Iraq, told the New York Times. The huge prison complex became infamous after photographs revealed the abuse and sexual humiliation of detainees by US guards. The US military admitted that most US-run prisons in Iraq are severely overcrowded, and that its target of handing over facilities and detainees to the local authorities next year could be set back, the newspaper said. "A specific timeline for doing this is difficult to project at this stage with so many variables," US military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Barry Johnson said. "The transition will be based on meeting standards, not on a timeline." Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/4559332.stm Published: 2005/12/25 20:28:34 GMT

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