GI's reprimanded for forcing prisoners to jump into river

Four American soldiers have been reprimanded for forcing Iraqi prisoners to jump in the Tigris River last year, a military spokesman said today.

Four American soldiers have been reprimanded for forcing Iraqi prisoners to jump in the Tigris River last year, a military spokesman said today.

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Budzyna said none of the prisoners died when they were ordered to leap into the river by soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team from fort Carson on Colorado.

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