94 abuse probes since 2001, says US military

The US military has found a total of 94 cases of confirmed or alleged abuse of prisoners by US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan since the autumn of 2001.

The US military has found a total of 94 cases of confirmed or alleged abuse of prisoners by American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan since the autumn of 2001, the US army’s inspector general said today in a long-awaited report made public at a hastily called Senate hearing.

The US Defence Department had refused until now to give a total number of abuse allegations since the prisoner abuse scandal broke this spring.