The Pentagon is considering reopening an investigation into charges by four Iraqi journalists from Reuters and NBC that they were abused at a US military base in Iraq, a senior defence official said.
"We are looking into the case to determine whether further review is necessary," Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said when asked about the January incident in which the four were arrested near the site of a US helicopter crash and taken to a base near Falluja.
The three Reuters journalists said in May that they were beaten by US forces and subjected to sexual abuse and religious taunts and humiliation during their detention in the camp near Falluja.
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