JURIST - Paper Chase: Outrage grows over images of alleged US abuse of Iraqi prisoners

Widespread outrage has greeted the release of images of alleged US military abuse of Iraqi prisoners being held at the Abu Ghraib detention facility in Baghdad. President Bush, who was aware of these reports "for a while," has expressed his disgust over the treatment of the prisoners. BBC News has more. Criminal charges have been filed against six members of the US Army Reserve unit responsible for the detention facility. The charges include conspiracy, dereliction of duty, cruelty and maltreatment, assault, and indecent acts with another. Administrative penalties have been ordered against seven officers. The commander of the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba military detention facility, Major General Geoffrey Miller, has been named to the newly created post of deputy commander for detainee operations in Iraq. The Washington Post news service provides this report. One of the accused soldiers, Army Reserves Staff Sgt. Ivan "Chip" Frederick, wrote that Army commanders ignored his requests for rules for treating the prisoners. Frederick is a correctional officer in civilian life. The AP has more. Britain is considering whether to prosecute eight of its soldiers one year after allegations of prisoner abuse in Iraq first surfaced, the AP is reporting.