Saddam's jailer may face court-martial
By Paul Tait in Camp Victory, Iraq
April 30, 2007 06:22pm
Article from: Reuters
A FORMAL investigation began today to decide if a US Army officer accused of "aiding the enemy" while he ran a US detention centre in Iraq should face a court-martial.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Steele, commander of the 451st Military Police Detachment, ran the detention facilities at Camp Cropper, near Baghdad international airport, where insurgents and former senior aides to Saddam Hussein are held.
He is charged with fraternising with a detainee's daughter, having an improper relationship with a translator, providing unmonitored mobile phones to prisoners, unauthorised possession of classified information and keeping pornographic videos.
Lt Col Steele, tall and wearing wire-rimmed spectacles, appeared at the investigation at a US military base called Camp Victory near Baghdad's airport. He has been in detention in Kuwait since last month.
The offences are alleged to have occurred between October 2005 and February 2007.
Evidence will be presented during an Article 32 hearing expected to last two or three days. The formal investigation will determine whether Lt Col Steele should face a court-martial.
Lt Col Steele, charged under the Uniformed Code of Military Justice, is accused of aiding the enemy by providing detainees with unmonitored mobile phones between October 2005 and October 2006.>>>cont
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April 30, 2007 06:22pm
Article from: Reuters
A FORMAL investigation began today to decide if a US Army officer accused of "aiding the enemy" while he ran a US detention centre in Iraq should face a court-martial.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Steele, commander of the 451st Military Police Detachment, ran the detention facilities at Camp Cropper, near Baghdad international airport, where insurgents and former senior aides to Saddam Hussein are held.
He is charged with fraternising with a detainee's daughter, having an improper relationship with a translator, providing unmonitored mobile phones to prisoners, unauthorised possession of classified information and keeping pornographic videos.
Lt Col Steele, tall and wearing wire-rimmed spectacles, appeared at the investigation at a US military base called Camp Victory near Baghdad's airport. He has been in detention in Kuwait since last month.
The offences are alleged to have occurred between October 2005 and February 2007.
Evidence will be presented during an Article 32 hearing expected to last two or three days. The formal investigation will determine whether Lt Col Steele should face a court-martial.
Lt Col Steele, charged under the Uniformed Code of Military Justice, is accused of aiding the enemy by providing detainees with unmonitored mobile phones between October 2005 and October 2006.>>>cont
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