U.S. documents detail claims of Marines abusing prisoners; Most allegations are from the early months of the occupation of Iraq From: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) | Date: December 16, 2004| Author: ASSOCIATED PRESS | Copyright 2004 Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque). Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Newly released U.S. Navy documents portray a series of abuse cases stretching beyond Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison where photos surfaced this year of U.S. troops forcing prisoners - often naked - to pose in humiliating positions.

The files released Tuesday document a crush of abuse allegations, most from the early months of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, including U.S. Marines forcing Iraqi juveniles to kneel while troops discharge a weapon in a mock execution and the ...