Article: Malaysia's fundamentalist Islamic party calls on U.N. to investigate Iraq prison abuse allegations


AP Worldstream
05-06-2004
Dateline: KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
Malaysia's fundamentalist Islamic opposition party on Thursday urged the United Nations to investigate reports of abuse of Iraqi prisoners by the U.S. military, which it accused of behaving "worse than wild animals."

In a letter to Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party said the world body should establish a special commission to investigate the scandal and take "political and economic measures" against the United States and Britain to prevent further abuses.

"It has been ...

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