Prisoner Abuse In Iraq

Prisoner abuse by U.S. personnel in Iraq was apparently not limited to the Abu Ghraib prison. The New York Times reported members of a shadowy U.S. military unit turned one of Saddam Hussein's torture cells into their own interrogation cell.
The paper said the so-called Black Room was part of a temporary detention site at the secret headquarters of the unit known as Task Force 6-26. Some of the abuse included beating prisoners with rifle butts and using detainees for target practice in games of jailer paintball.
The report is based on interviews with more than a dozen civilian and military Department of Defense personnel who worked with Task Force 6-26. Virtually all of them were granted anonymity to encourage them to speak candidly without fear of retribution.
The commander of the Special Operations Command said all the allegations will be taken seriously.