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| Israel denies involvement in interrogating Iraqi detainees |
| | www.chinaview.cn 2004-07-04 15:12:41 |
JERUSALEM, July
4 (Xinhuanet) -- Israel denied reports which claimed it involved in
interrogating Iraqi detainees, saying such reports were groundless, the
Jerusalem Post reported Sunday.
"The reports have no basis in reality and we strongly deny them," the paper quoted Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon's office as saying.
The denial came in response to
remarks by Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, the US general formerly in charge of the
Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, who told BBC radio Saturday that she had evidence
showing Israelis' involvement in interrogating Iraqi
detainees.
Karpinski, who was suspended in May over
allegations of the infamous prisoners' abuse in Abu Ghraib, said she met a man
claiming himself to be an Israeli during a visit to a Baghdad intelligence
center with a senior coalition general.
She told the BBC
broadcast she saw an individual whom she had not met before, and he told her he
was from Israel.
According to Karpinski, the man told her:
"Well, I do some of the interrogation here. I speak Arabic but I'm not an Arab.
I'm from Israel."
The Israeli Foreign Ministry echoed the
denial by Sharon's office, saying such reports were "completely
untrue."
Israel has blasted similar reports in the past,
denying its involvement in US operations in the Middle East.
Last month, it refuted a report saying it was training Kurdish fighters in Iraq to counter militias. Enditem |
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