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Critics Say Abuse Stems from War on Terror Policies

NPR | By Larry Abramson

Published May 14, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

The Bush administration is determined to paint the U.S. guards at Abu Ghraib as "a few bad apples" -- but many analysts see the abuses in Iraq as a result of the policies used in the war on terror. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

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Larry Abramson

Larry Abramson is NPR's National Security Correspondent. He covers the Pentagon, as well as issues relating to the thousands of vets returning home from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.