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WASHINGTON, MARCH 27. Twenty-seven detenus were killed in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan in suspected or confirmed homicide cases between August 2002 and November 2004, the U.S. Army has said. The army Criminal Investigation Command said in its first comprehensive accounting that in the 16 cases it has completed thus far, it found sufficient evidence to support a range of charges against 21 soldiers, including murder, negligent homicide and assault. It did not specify how many of the 21 had been charged. Five of the 16 closed cases were referred to other agencies, including the case of an Iraqi who died at the Abu Gharib prison outside of Baghdad on November 4, 2003. The cause of death was determined to be ``blunt force trauma.'' No Army personnel was found to be involved; the Navy took the case and has court-martial charges against several Navy SEAL Commandos and one sailor. The CIA and Justice Department also are investigating that death. There are 24 cases encompassing the 27 deaths. All but two of the two deaths and another involved three. Of the eight Army criminal investigations that remains open, pending further leads and action, five of the cases involved incidents that occurred during raids or fire-fights or in other circumstances outside of a U.S.-operated detention facility. Chris Grey, spokesman for the Criminal Investigation Command, said detailed information about the eight open cases is not being released ``to protect the integrity of the investigations.'' In two of the open cases, however, legal actions have begun against accused soldiers, he said.
Tunnel found
U.S. military guards discovered a 600-ft tunnel dug with makeshift tools leading out of the main prison facility for detenus in Iraq, officials said. The tunnel was found before anyone had escaped. The tunnel at Camp Bucca was 12 feet to 15 feet deep and as wide as 3 feet and had reached beyond the compound fence, a spokeswoman at the Army's Combined Press Information Centre in Iraq said by telephone. She did not know when guards discovered the tunnel. Camp Bucca holds 6,049 detenus, almost two-thirds of the total in Iraq, she said. Near the southern city of Umm Qasr, it is one of three detenu facilities in the country. A bucket cut from a water container and a shovel made of tent material were used to dig the tunnel, she said. The opening was under a floorboard of the compound and was concealed with dirt. Authorities realised a tunnel was under way after they found dirt in latrines and other places, she said. The U.S. guards fired on prisoners during a riot at Camp Bucca on Jan. 31, killing four detenus and injuring six. — PTI/AP
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