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iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl.sPubDate = "8/30/2004 8:00:43 PM GMT";
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iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl.appHeader = "timeline|Prisoner abuse in Iraq";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl.appDeck = "Key dates in the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl.appFooter = "Source: Associated Press, MSNBC research, NBC News";
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iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","Aug. 31-Sept. 9, 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, who runs the military prison for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, conducts an inquiry on interrogation and detention procedures in Iraq. He suggests that prison guards can help set conditions for the interrogation of prisoners.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","October-December","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "Many of the alleged abuses at Abu Ghraib take place during this time period.
";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","Oct. 13-Nov. 6","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "Maj. Gen. Donald Ryder, provost marshal of the Army, investigates conditions of U.S.-run prisons in Iraq, including Abu Ghraib. He finds problems throughout the prisons. Some units, including the 800th Military Police Brigade, did not receive adequate training to guard prisons, he notes. He also says military police (MPs) should not assist in making prisoners more pliable to interrogation, as their job is to keep prisoners safe.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","Nov. 19","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "The 205th Military Intelligence Brigade is given responsibility for Abu Ghraib prison and authority over the 800th Military Police Brigade.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","November","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "Two Iraqi detainees die in separate incidents that involved CIA interrogation officers.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","Jan. 13, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "Army Spc. Joseph M. Darby, an MP with the 800th at Abu Ghraib, first reports cases of abuse at the prison.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","Jan. 16","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez orders a criminal investigation into reports of abuse at the prison by members of the brigade. The military also announces the investigation publicly.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","Jan. 19","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "Sanchez orders a separate administrative investigation into the 800th MP Brigade. Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba is appointed to conduct that inquiry on Jan. 31.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","Late January - early February","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "President Bush becomes aware of the charges sometime in this time period, according to White House spokesman Scott McClellan, although the spokesman has not pinpointed a date. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld tells Bush of the charges, McClellan has said.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","Feb. 23","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "Seventeen U.S. soldiers suspended from duties pending outcome of investigation.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","Feb. 24","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "International Committee of the Red Cross provides the Coalition Authority with a confidential report on detention in Iraq. Portions of the report are published without ICRC consent by the Wall Street Journal on May 7.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","March 3-9","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "Taguba presents his report to his commanders. He finds widespread abuse of prisoners by military police and military intelligence. He also agrees with Ryder that guards should not play any role in the interrogation of prisoners. ";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","March 20","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt tells reporters six military personnel have been charged with criminal offenses.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","Mid April","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, asks CBS-TV to delay airing photographs it has obtained of abuse at Abu Ghraib. Myers says the photos would exacerbate an intense period of violence under way in Iraq. CBS delays its program for two weeks.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","April 28","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "Rumsfeld meets with senators in a closed briefing on the war in Iraq. Rumsfeld neglects to mention the issue of prisoner abuse or the coming disclosure of photos.CBS “60 Minutes II” airs the photos, setting off an international outcry. Bush first learns about these photos from the television report, his aides say.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","Early May","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "CIA confirms that some of its officers hid Iraqi prisoners from watchdog groups like the Red Cross.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","May 1","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "An article by Seymour Hersh, published on The New Yorker magazine's Web site, reveals contents of Taguba's report.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","May 2","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "Myers admits on ABC’s \"This Week\" that he has not yet read the Taguba report issued in March. ";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","May 3","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "Officials say the Army has reprimanded seven soldiers in the abuse of inmates at Abu Ghraib.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","May 4","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "U.S. Army discloses that it is conducting criminal investigations of 10 prisoner deaths in U.S. custody in Afghanistan and Iraq - beyond two already ruled homicides - plus another 10 abuse cases. (The number grows by two on May 5, when the CIA says it is investigating more cases.)";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","May 5","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "President Bush appears on two Arab television channels to address the scandal but does not apologize for the abuse of iraqi prisoners by U.S. troops. The following day Bush does apologize.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","May 6","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "The Washington Post publishes four additional photos.
President Bush privately admonishes Rumsfeld for not keeping him informed about the issue.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","May 7","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "Rumsfeld testifies before the Senate and House Armed Services Committees on the issue of prisoner abuse in Iraq. Separately, Army Pfc. Lynndie England, shown in photographs smiling and pointing at naked Iraqi prisoners, is charged with assaulting detainees and conspiring to mistreat them.";
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iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "Spc. Jeremy C. Sivits receives the maximum penalty -- one year in prison, reduction in rank and a bad conduct discharge -- in the first court-martial stemming from mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","June 14","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "The New York Times reports that internal U.S. military documents show an interrogation unit reported mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in November 2003, two months before military officials have said they learned of prisoner abuses.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","July 22","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "The Army’s Inspector General says 39 prisoners have died in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan since the fall of 2001 and says there have been 94 cases of proven or suspected abuse.";
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iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "An Article 32 investigation into the role played by Pfc. Lynndie England gets under way at Fort Bragg, N.C. She is charged with the maltreatment of Iraqis while serving with the 372d Military Police Company.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","Aug. 23","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "Two days of pretrial hearings get under way in Mannheim, Germany, for four of the soldiers -- alleged ringleader Spc. Charles Graner, Sgt. Ivan L. “Chip” Frederick II, Sgt. Javal Davis and Spc. Megan Ambuhl.";
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iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "A lawyer for staff Sgt. Ivan L. “Chip” Frederick II says he will plead guilty to some abuse charges at a sentencing hearing in Baghdad on Oct. 20.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","Aug. 24","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "A panel headed by former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger issues a report accusing the U.S. military chain of command from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on down of leadership failures that created conditions for the abuse.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","Aug. 25","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "A panel headed by Maj. Gen. George Fay to investigate the role of military intelligence at Abu Ghraib says U.S. forces tortured Iraqi inmates and says as many as 46 personnel could face charge.";
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i++] = new Array("","Aug. 30","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
iraq_prisoner_abuse_tl[i-1].body = "Pvt. Jeremy Sivets, the first American convicted in the abuse scandal, gives evidence at the Article 32 hearing for fellow reservist Pfc. Lynndie England, saying she and Spc. Charles Graner, who also faces abuse charges, were willing participants in the abuse of detainees.";
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