US general denies he witnessed Iraq prison abuse

The US military command today branded as false a news report that the top US general in Iraq was present during some interrogations at the Abu Ghraib prison and witnessed some of the abuse.

The Washington Post, in a story first released on its website last night, said a military lawyer stated at an open hearing last month that Captain Donald J Reese told him that Lieutenant General Ricardo S Sanchez and other senior military officers were aware of the abuse at the prison.