the US harkens back to the bad old days of the USSR -- >According to the LA [TIMES], a California National Guard sergeant claims he knew soldiers were regularly beating Iraqi prisoners last summer in Samarra. When he reported the alleged abuse, he says he was rushed out of the country to military hospitals for mental evaluations, which he calls a "cover-up." His commander claims he was suffering from "combat stress." < [from MS SLATE's news summary] JD
