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Iraq detainees 'found starving'
Iraq's government says it has begun an investigation into the alleged abuse of more than 170 detainees held by Iraqi security forces in Baghdad.
The prisoners, many malnourished and some showing signs of torture, were found when US troops took control of an interior ministry building on Sunday.
The US raid followed repeated enquiries by the parents of a missing teenager.
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Iraq's prime minister has promised to find those responsible for any abuse. Most of those held were Sunnis.
'Hard evidence'
The BBC's Caroline Hawley in Baghdad says the discovery will not come as a surprise to many Iraqis.
There have been persistent allegations of abuse by members of the Shia-dominated security forces, she says.
But Sunday's discovery is hard evidence and officials believe it may be the tip of the iceberg.
"I saw signs of physical abuse by brutal beating, one or two detainees were paralysed and some had their skin peeled off various parts of their bodies."
Hussein Kamal
Deputy Interior Minister
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A US soldier who carried out the raid said: "It's not what we expected at all, we were looking for a 15-year-old boy."
But the BBC's correspondent says the discovery will be embarrassing for the US military, which has been training Iraq's security services.
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The prison is reported to be in the central Jadiriya district of Baghdad.