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“Aiding the enemy” probe starts for U.S. officer in Iraq

A formal investigation began on Monday to decide if a U.S. Army officer accused of “aiding the enemy” while he ran a U.S. detention centre in Iraq should face a court-martial. Lieutenant-Colonel William Steele, commander of the 451st Military Police Detachment, ran the detention facilities at Camp Cropper, near Baghdad international airport, where insurgents and former senior aides to Saddam Hussein are held. Full Story