Overhaul of prison policy: Army report

Mikolashek is putting the finishing touches on his report, which the acting Army Secretary, Les Brownlee, is expected to release soon. Descriptions of the findings were provided by defence officials familiar with its general contents.

The report will also make a series of recommendations that include overhauling army policies on dealing with detainee operations in counter-insurgencies.

The need for a partnership between military police and interrogators in questioning captured insurgents in places like Iraq is a concept that is yet to take root. The recommendations will also urge revising the training for military police and military intelligence specialists who interrogate prisoners, and revamping medical guidelines, like the number of medics assigned to units working at prisons. — (NYT)

Four US soldiers charged in Iraq prisoner drowning case

Washington: The US Army has charged four soldiers, three of them with manslaughter, over the drowning of an Iraqi prisoner, officials said on Friday. Newspaper reports in Colorado, where the soldiers were based, said they were accused of forcing two Iraqis to jump off a bridge in Samarra on January 3. The men had been picked up for violating a curfew. One of the Iraqis swam to the river bank but the other drowned, according to reports. —(Reuters)