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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Army investigators have recommended that the service consider charges ranging from manslaughter to conspiracy against 28 soldiers in the deaths of two prisoners in Afghanistan in 2002, the Army said on Thursday.
The announcement followed charges filed earlier against a U.S. military police sergeant in the alleged abuse deaths of the two detainees at Bagram Air Base north of Kabul.
It marked the latest step by the American military against soldiers involved in the abuse of prisoners in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
The brief announcement said the Army Criminal Investigation Division had 'identified 28 soldiers with possible culpability in these two cases, meaning that they may have committed one or more offenses punishable under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.'
It did not name the troops but said a detailed report had been passed to commanders listing potential offenses including involuntary manslaughter, assault consummated by battery, maiming, maltreatment, dereliction of duty and conspiracy."
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Army investigators have recommended that the service consider charges ranging from manslaughter to conspiracy against 28 soldiers in the deaths of two prisoners in Afghanistan in 2002, the Army said on Thursday.
The announcement followed charges filed earlier against a U.S. military police sergeant in the alleged abuse deaths of the two detainees at Bagram Air Base north of Kabul.
It marked the latest step by the American military against soldiers involved in the abuse of prisoners in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
The brief announcement said the Army Criminal Investigation Division had 'identified 28 soldiers with possible culpability in these two cases, meaning that they may have committed one or more offenses punishable under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.'
It did not name the troops but said a detailed report had been passed to commanders listing potential offenses including involuntary manslaughter, assault consummated by battery, maiming, maltreatment, dereliction of duty and conspiracy."
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