Sunday, June 13, 2004

Booze and women - just like home

Commanders instituted a series of measures in December and January to stem illegal activity such as the procurement of alcohol and prostitutes at the prison outside of Baghdad, the newspaper said. Alcohol abuse was so prevalent there was an Alcoholics Anonymous chapter at the prison.

...Possession of alcohol is prohibited under General Order No. 1 issued by U.S. Central Command, the paper said. Some members of the military police at the prison -- including Master Sgt. Greg Rayburn, a medic who was stationed at Abu Ghraib from September 2003 until this April -- have acknowledged alcohol abuse was a problem but dispute the prostitution claim, the paper said.
  Bloomberg article