- WASHINGTON -- An American
soldier's video diary detailing the chaos at a jail in Iraq was broadcast
last night as Washington conceded the prisoner abuse scandal had been a
"body blow" for the country.
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- The woman soldier described the jail as out of control
with guards shooting prisoners to maintain order.
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- "I hate it here," said the soldier, who has
not been named. "We shot two prisoners today. One got shot in the
chest for swinging a pole against our people on the feed team. The other
got shot in the arm. We don't know if the one we shot in the chest is dead
yet."
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- The film about Camp Bucca prison, in southern Iraq, was
broadcast on the CBS programme, 60 Minutes II, which first revealed the
abuse.
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- In the video, the soldier described the hazards at Camp
Bucca saying: "This is a sand viper. One bite will kill you in six
hours. We've already had two prisoners die of it, but who cares? That's
two less for me to worry about."
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- Donald Rumsfeld, the defence secretary, described the
prisoner abuse scandal as "a body blow" for the US but said enormous
progress in Iraq was being ignored.
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