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BAGHDAD (Thomson Financial) - The commander of a US military prison in Iraq has been detained by military police and is under investigation pending a possible court martial, a military spokeswoman said Thursday.Lieutenant Colonel William Steele will face a hearing before a panel of officers to decide whether he should face charges, Lieutenant Colonel Josslyn Aberle told Agence France-Presse in Baghdad, without specifying the charges.'He has been detained and is now in Kuwait. His current status is that he is in confinement and waiting for his Article 32 hearing. All other details will be released soon, including the charges against him,' she said.According to the website of the US television network NBC, citing a statement from the US army, Steele could be prosecuted for 'aiding the enemy' and having improper relationships with his translator and another Iraqi woman.Other charges involve the improper use of military funds, disobeying orders, illegally holding on to classified material and keeping pornography, it said.The military in Iraq was not able to immediately confirm this.Prior to his arrest, Steel was the commander of Camp Cropper, a major US detention facility outside Baghdad, the smaller of two remaining coalition prisons in Iraq which between them hold almost 18,000 suspected insurgents.tf.TFN-Europe_newsdesk@thomson.comafp/cmrCOPYRIGHTCopyright AFX News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.
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