Antonio Taguba
Antonio Taguba | |
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Major General Antonio Taguba | |
| Born | October 31, 1950 Manila, Philippines |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1972–2007 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands | United States Army Community and Family Support Center 2nd Brigade, 2nd Armored Division 1st Battalion, 72nd Armored Regiment |
| Awards | Army Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit (4) |
Antonio Mario Taguba (born October 31, 1950) is a retired major general in the United States Army. He was the second American citizen of Philippine birth to be promoted to general officer rank in the United States Army.
Taguba is best known for authoring the Taguba Report, an internal United States Army report on abuse of detainees held at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The report was leaked, then published, in 2004. Taguba again made national headlines in June 2008 when he accused the Bush administration of committing war crimes in a preface to a report by Physicians for Human Rights on prisoner abuse and torture in American military prisons.