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Torture, abuse of Iraqi prisoners 'routine, authorized', says US rights body
Jul 24 2006, Rajnish

The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said abuse, torture and humiliation of Iraqi prisoners by US forces was routine and authorized. This continued even after the Abu Ghraib scandal came to light, it added.

A Pentagon spokesman refuted these..

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