New US prisoner abuse claims

FRESH claims of a prisoner abuse cover-up in Iraq, Afghanistan and at Guantanamo Bay hit the US military yesterday.

Intelligence officials who questioned harsh interrogation tactics in Iraq were threatened into silence by Special Forces soldiers, according to newly-obtained documents. And FBI objections to questionable interrogation methods at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were dismissed by the Pentagon.

Among the new disclosures are claims that Iraqi prisoners were seen to have burn marks on their backs.