Army officer who reported prisoner abuses dies at age 42
NEWBERRY, Mich. (AP) -- A former Army officer and Detroit native who reported in 2005 that military prisoners in the Middle East were being beaten and
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Army officer who wrote to McCain about detainee torture in Iraq, Afghanistan, dies at 42
In 2005, while a captain in the 82nd Airborne Division, Ian Fishback wrote to Sen. John McCain about his concerns over the treatment of detainees and whether the Geneva Convention applied to Iraq and Afghanistan. Later that year, the Senate passed legislation from McCain to prohibit inhumane treatment and Time magazine named Fishback to its list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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Maj. Ian Fishback, Who Exposed Abuse of Detainees, Dies at 42
His letter to two senators about beatings by U.S. troops in Iraq led to legislation in 2005 prohibiting extreme mistreatment of military prisoners.
Source: nytimes.com