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Three Iraqi staff working for Reuters say they were beaten and sexually humiliated by US troops near Falluja in January.
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"I saw a young man of 14 years of age bleeding from his anus and lying on the floor. He was Kurdish and his name was Hama.
I heard the soldiers talking to each other about this guy.
They mentioned that the reason for this bleeding was inserting a metal object in his anus," he said.
The other alleged Mosul victim, Yasir Rubai Said al-Qutaji, was described as an Iraqi lawyer investigating reports of abuse at "the disco" when he was arrested.
After a day and a night forced into stress positions and doused with cold water at "the disco", he was taken to a regular prison. Staff and interrogators there treated him properly at night, but allowed the same "disco team" to abuse him by day.
He was threatened with sexual assault on his final day.
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The US army denied the allegations, saying an investigation found no evidence of such abuse.
The Iraqis working for Reuters were never interviewed for the investigation, which took evidence only from US soldiers who denied that abuse took place.
The Pentagon has rejected demands by Reuters for a more thorough investigation.

Aljazeera 14.Sep.04