06 January 2005	Thursday	24 Ziqa'ad 1425

MIAMI, Jan 5: The US military has ordered an investigation into FBI allegations of prisoner abuses at the Guantanamo US naval base, where terror suspects captured in Afghanistan are being held, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

"The Command wants to establish the facts and circumstances surrounding all allegations ... and consider the opinions and recommendations of an independent investigating officer," said Colonel David McWilliams, a spokesman for the US Southern Command (South com.)

The announcement came two days before a US soldier was to face court-martial in Texas on charges of prisoner abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The investigation involves allegations of abuse at Guantanamo contained in internal FBI documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union through a court order and made public last month. -AFP