More, from whichever of the Keystone Cops is making decisions regarding the management of the US occupation this week…
Or, are there any adults in the house?
This, just in from Reuters:
- The two leaders of the U.S. military unit at the center of the Iraqi prison scandal could still face sanctions even though they have recently returned to their work duties, an official said on Friday.
The U.S. military suspended Capt. Donald Reese, commander of the 372nd Military Police Company, and his top noncommissioned officer, First Sgt. Brian Lipinski, in January after revelations of abuse from soldiers in the unit.
A military spokesman confirmed for the first time on Friday that the two men had quietly regained their leadership positions three weeks ago just as pictures of abuses in Abu Ghraib began to circulate in worldwide media.
“Captain Donald Reese and First Sgt. Brian Lipinski were suspended from their duties with the 372nd Military Police Company on January 18, 2003 and returned to their duties on April 30, 2003,” Major Scott Bleichwehl, a U.S. military spokesman, said in an e-mail.
“The return of these individuals to their positions does not equate to them being fully exonerated. The final disposition of their reprimands has not yet been completed.”
Not even the United Nations can be as hamhanded as this lot.