US general who oversaw torture at Abu Ghraib prison retires with honors

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N31362465.htm

WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) - Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, who commanded the Guantanamo prison and helped shape detention practices at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, retired from the U.S. military on Monday with a top honor and praise from the Army.

Miller headed the prison camp for foreign terrorism suspects at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from 2002 to 2004 and was sent to Iraq in 2003 to help extract more information from prisoners there. He oversaw all detention operations in Iraq for nine months in 2004.

Human rights activists have accused Miller of permitting widespread abuse of prisoners and of importing the harsh techniques used at Guantanamo to Iraq. They contend that Miller's influence helped create the conditions for the sexual humiliation and abuse of Abu Ghraib prisoners.

"This is yet another case where you have somebody who is integrally involved in setting the stage for abuse -- implementing tactics that people are now being prosecuted for -- and rather than being held accountable, he's getting honors," said Amnesty International official Jumana Musa.

Military investigators last year recommended that Miller be admonished for failing to monitor and limit the "abusive and degrading" interrogation of a prisoner, but the general who headed U.S. Southern Command rejected the recommendation.

:puke:

He should've gotten 25 years for his Abu Ghraib contributions, but typical of the RW media, one gets the idea the whole scandal was thought up by the leash girl PFC Lynndie England. Kids don't join the military or it's your a**!

Maybe there we can make one just for this guy...

and when are the other torture photos going to be released?

Those kinds of crimes should not be honored or rewarded in a just society.