News Agency Employees Detail Abuse by U.S. Forces

Schlesinger, the Reuters managing editor, sent a letter to Sanchez Jan. 9 demanding an investigation into the treatment of the three Iraqis.

The Army said it was investigating and requested further information. Reuters provided transcripts of initial interviews with the three following their release and offered to make them available to investigators for interviews.

A summary of the investigation by the 82nd Airborne Division, dated Jan. 28 and provided to Reuters, said that "no specific incidents of abuse were found." It said soldiers responsible for the detainees were interviewed under oath and "none admit or report knowledge of physical abuse or torture."

"The detainees were purposefully and carefully put under stress, to include sleep deprivation, in order to facilitate interrogation; they were not tortured," it said. The version received Monday used the phrase "sleep management" instead.

The U.S. military never interviewed the three for its investigation.

On Feb. 3, Schlesinger wrote to Lawrence Di Rita, special assistant to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, saying the investigation was "woefully inadequate" and should be reopened.

"The military's conclusion of its investigation without even interviewing the alleged victims, along with other inaccuracies and inconsistencies in the report, speaks volumes about the seriousness with which the U.S. government is taking this issue," he wrote.

The Associated Press reported from London:

At least one British soldier was arrested Tuesday in an investigation of faked photographs purporting to show Iraqi prisoners being abused by British forces, the Defense Ministry said. It said the arrest was part of its probe into the origin of the photos and that no charges were filed.

The photos appeared in Britain's Daily Mirror. The tabloid printed a front-page apology Saturday after announcing that its top editor would step down.