Ryder Report refers to the official report produced by an inquiry by U.S Provost Marshal General Donald Ryder

Donald Ryder

Donald Ryder was a United States Army officer .Ryder was commissioned in 1971He was promoted to Major General in 2001...

 into reports of abuse by American

United States

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 troops in Iraq

Iraq

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Ryder's report was completed on November 5, 2003.

Among Ryder's recommendations was that the duties of the Military Police troops who guarded detainees should be kept strictly separated from those of the Military Intelligence

Military intelligence

Military intelligence is a military discipline that exploits a number of information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to commanders in support of their decisions....

 troops who interrogated

Interrogation

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them.

The Ryder report remains classified.