TWO more US soldiers have been ordered to stand trial in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal.

No television cameras or tape recorders will be allowed in the courtroom at next week’s court-martial of a US soldier charged in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, a senior US officer said today.

The US military will next week begin the first in a series of courts-martial in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse allegations, trials that could bring new revelations on whether the mistreatment of Iraqis was an aberration or stemmed from pressure from commanders.

US military units holding and interrogating prisoners in Iraq did not get a specific list of techniques permitted during questioning and were expected to follow the Geneva Conventions, a senior Pentagon official said.