Military denies General witnesses prison abuse

The US military has denied a report that the top American general in Iraq was present during some interrogations at the Abu Ghraib prison and witnessed some of the abuse of Iraqi inmates.

The Washington Post, in a story first released on its website early yesterday, said a military lawyer stated at an open hearing on April 2 that Captain Donald Reese told him that Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez and other senior military officers were aware of the abuse at the prison.