Furthermore, the Army regrets that the initial casualty report from the field was in error as well as the time that it has taken to correct the report and to inform his family,

We do take the captain seriously and are following up on this. But it will take time given the period of time that's elapsed since when these allegations took place.

We're not blowing this off, ... If the Army thinks it's in its interest to investigate something, we will. There are multiple challenges here. One is the anonymity of the sources, dates, times, locations, units, anything that is reasonably identifiable that we can work off of.

allegations that soldiers may have exchanged personally taken photographs of dead Iraqis in exchange for pornographic access.

The US military does not tolerate mistreatment of detainees, ... Past cases have been fully investigated. When there is credible evidence, commanders have the prerogative to prosecute.

For the moment the security forces, the army, are looking for this major. Around a dozen mutineers have already been arrested,