American generals to face questions in Iraqi prisoner abuse trial

DEFENCE lawyers for soldiers on trial in the Iraqi prisoner abuse case won permission yesterday to question two top American generals, and the military judge ordered that the Abu Ghraib prison not be torn down because it is a crime scene.

The judge also refused to move the trials of Private Charles Graner, Sergeant Javal Davis and Staff Sergeant Ivan "Chip" Frederick outside Iraq.

The judge, Colonel James Pohl, left open the possibility of calling other senior figures if the defence could show their testimony was relevant which Guy Womack, the civilian lawyer for Spc Graner, said the lawyers intended to do.