Australian knew of prison abuse :

"An Australian military officer stationed in Baghdad was aware of allegations of prisoner abuse as early as last October and passed details to his Australian superiors in regular reports, it was reported.

The Sydney Morning Herald said Major George O'Kane, a legal officer, liaised directed with the Red Cross from the time it first complained of abuses.

The revelation undercut repeated assurances from the government and Defence Department assurances that they knew nothing of the abuses, the paper said, citing only 'defence sources'."