U.S. forces threatened defence personnel over prisoner abuse, memos show : SF Indymedia: "SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - U.S. special forces accused of abusing prisoners in Iraq threatened Defence Intelligence Agency personnel who saw the mistreatment and once confiscated photos of a prisoner who had been punched in the face, according to U.S. government memos released Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union.

The special forces also monitored e-mails sent by defence personnel and ordered them 'not to talk to anyone' in the United States about what they saw, said one memo written by the DIA chief, Vice-Admiral Lowell Jacoby, who complained to his Pentagon bosses about the harassment.

Prisoners arriving at a detention centre in Baghdad had 'burn marks on their backs' as well as bruises and some complained of kidney pain, according to the June 25, 2004 memo. "

(Via IndyMedia.)