Red Cross claim abuse of prisoners was systematic
US President George Bush said the mistreatment "was the wrongdoing of a few," but the report by the International Committee of the Red Cross backs up with detail the neutral agency's contention that US prisoner abuse was broad and part of a system, "not individual acts".
The report said "high value detainees" were singled out for special mistreatment. The report did not specify who they were, but it was thought they included some of the 55 "deck of cards" top officials of the former regime of Saddam Hussein.
