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U.S. military doctors in Iraq collaborated with interrogators in the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, reports a study.

In a scathing condemnation of the behavior of doctors, nurses and para-military, the American expert on ethical conduct, Steven Miles, called for reforming the rules of military medicine and to investigate the role of doctors in torture.

The article was published in the Lancet medical journal. The U.S. military was studying the article on Thursday, but gave no immediate response.

Photographs of prisoners subjected to abuse and humiliation at the hands of U.S. troops have caused great scandal to national and international level. Although the conduct of the troops has been under intense scrutiny, the role played by medical personnel during the torture he has received relatively scant attention. Read the rest of this entry »