JAG Hunter bullet: The "pattern of abuse" includes the custodial death of U.S. Army Coporal Gary Shafto, Fort Leavenworth, 14 March 2002.

Rough Justice in Iraq

Exclusive: As alarming details surface in a growing prisoner-abuse scandal, the U.S. general who was in charge talks about what went wrong

By Rod Nordland and John Barry
Newsweek and posted at MSNBC

"The pattern of abuse goes beyond Iraq. A recent report by Human Rights Watch described similar treatment of prisoners at Baghram and other U.S.-run detention centers in Afghanistan. The deaths of at least two prisoners in American custody in Afghanistan were officially declared homicides by U.S. military doctors who performed autopsies on the victims."