Iraqi PM: Detainees Apparently Tortured

"BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - More than 170 malnourished Iraqi detainees found at an Interior Ministry detention center appear to have been tortured, the prime minister said Tuesday. He said an investigation had been launched.

The announcement came two days after U.S. troops surrounded and took control of an Interior Ministry building in the Baghdad neighborhood where the detainees were found, although the Iraqi leader didn't say whether American forces were involved in discovering the center.

An Iraqi Interior Ministry official also said Monday that an investigation will be opened into allegations that ministry officers tortured suspects detained in connection with the country's insurgency."
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