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UN official wants Iraqi jails probe

United Nations human rights chief Louise Arbour on Friday called for an international probe into Iraqi jails after accusations of serious abuse of detainees at a secret Interior Ministry detention center. The Iraqi government has already promised to investigate the discovery in a ministry bunker this week of 173 malnourished and in some cases badly beaten men and teenagers, some of whom showed signs of having been tortured. Full Story