「浪湧」在戰爭犯罪？

美國. 為殺害伊拉克人囚犯探查的軍隊單位

美國軍隊展開了一次邢事調查入「戰場死亡的指控美國旅團抓住的」被拘留者去年經營在西南巴格達，軍隊發言人說。

指控涉及第1個步兵師的第2個作戰旅團，在11月在伊拉克之後回到它的在Schweinfurt的本壘，德國，在一次15月遊覽，說保羅Boyce，軍隊發言人。

Boyce said the investigation was triggered by “what appears to be an allegation of at least one, and likely more battlefield deaths involving captured detainees.”

“The allegation is that this may in fact be some sort of a battlefield crime and we are pursuing this to determine the facts, the circumstances and further investigative leads,” he said.

Boyce said the 1st Infantry Division’s 2nd Combat Brigade operated in the Rashid district of southwest Baghdad during its tour.

He said the alleged deaths did not occur in a detention facility but rather at what the military calls “the point of capture.”

The deaths are alleged to have occurred at least six months ago, he said.

He provided no other details on the specifics of the allegation, which came to the army’s attention last week.

The Army’s Criminal Investigation Command is conducting the investigation, he said, adding that the probe was still in its initial stages and no charges have been brought.

“Usually, these things come to light when somebody talks about it, a soldier in the unit, that sort of thing,” he said.

“I don’t want to rule out the scope and the extent of the situation quite yet, until we better understand what we are dealing with,” he said.

Stars and Stripes, a military newspaper that first reported on the investigation, said the Schweinfurt-based unit saw heavy fighting in Iraq, suffering 59 deaths.

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