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Medical Journals Critical of Doctors' Role at Abu Ghraib

By Robert Siegel
Published August 19, 2004 at 11:00 PM CDT

Recent articles in The Lancet and The New England Journal of Medicine say U.S. military doctors were complicit in the abuse and torture of Iraqis detained at Abu Ghraib prison. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and Dr. William Winkenwerder, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.

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Robert Siegel
Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.
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