US forces in Iraq kept detainees with only bread and water for up to 17 days in 2004, a newly-released report says.

The Special Operations troops stripped inmates naked and drenched them with water before interrogation in overly air-conditioned rooms, it said.

The report, by Brig Gen Richard Formica, says troops were not to blame – they had received the wrong advice.
bbc.co.uk

The ‘wrong advice’ from whom, General Formica?

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