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Iraq Official Says Torture Claims Exaggerated Iraq's interior minister is accusing his critics of exaggerating abuses at a special police prison in Baghdad. U.S. troops raided the prison last weekend and found more than 150 prisoners, some of whom some showed signs of malnourishment and torture.

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Iraq Official Says Torture Claims Exaggerated

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Iraq Official Says Torture Claims Exaggerated

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Iraq's interior minister is accusing his critics of exaggerating abuses at a special police prison in Baghdad. U.S. troops raided the prison last weekend and found more than 150 prisoners, some of whom some showed signs of malnourishment and torture. John Daniszewski of the Los Angeles Times discusses details of the story.