Three civilians were killed and a fourth seriously wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded at a bus stop in Hamdania, Abu Ghraib,...
A video showing US soldiers urinating on the bodies of Taliban fighters has provoked much anger. Concern about the international consequences is rising in the Pentagon. Rightly so, says DW's Daniel Scheschkewitz.
[Quote]: In 2004, the Abu Ghraib prison scandal broke. Author Terese Svoboda‘s uncle checks into a pyschiatric ward.Her uncle Don – a successful, prosperous and charming extrovert, in the golden years of life – has plunged into a deep depression, triggered apparently by the publicity surrounding Abu Ghraib. Terese Svoboda’s father begins to illuminate the [...]
by Partho Sarathi Ray
Please watch this video. Watch it before the government of India blocks access to it or it disappears among the millions of videos on YouTube. Watch it even though it disgusts and nauseates you. Watch it because it is important to know. What does it remind you of? Abu Ghraib, Afghanistan, Auschwitz? [...]
Another Abu Ghraib?The DepauliaThe shocking stills are reminiscent of the previous US military disgrace Abu Ghraib. For a country that prides itself on protecting the inherent human dignity of all citizens through the spreading of democracy, the US could do a much better job of ...
He is now a schoolteacher, but Abu Mustafa admits he still sometimes has flashbacks to his 10 months in American custody at Iraq's most infamous prison -- Abu Ghraib."I cannot forget, and I cannot describe, the hell that I lived," said the 33-year-old father-of-two, who remains profoundly traumatised by his time there and, according to his family, has become mentally unstable."At times, I get crazy -- I shout for no reason, or I remain...
Sky NewsIs Marine desecration video a new Abu Ghraib?Times of IndiaBut experts inside and outside the US military are so far unconvinced the incident will cause as much damage as Iraq's Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal did, even as it stirs anti-American sentiment and revives questions about why some American troops ...What really links the 'urinating marines' video with Abu GhraibThe GuardianSelf-Inflicted WoundNew York TimesRick Perry...
The Obama administration is in damage control after a video posted online showed four U.S. marines urinating on the corpses of three Taliban fighters. The quick and immediate response from the Pentagon was to condemn the abuse and Defence Secretary Leon ...
ADAM GOLDMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
A CIA officer who oversaw the agency's interrogation program at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and pushed for approval to use increasingly harsh tactics has come under scrutiny in a federal war crimes investigation involving the death of a prisoner, witnesses told The Associated Press.
Steve Stormoen, who is now retired from the CIA, supervised an unofficial program in which the CIA imprisoned and...Read Full Story
Fending off demands that he resign over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, then- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told Congress in 2004 that he had found a legal way to compensate Iraqi detainees who suffered "grievous and brutal abuse and cruelty at the hands of a few members of the United States armed forces." "It's the right thing to do," Rumsfeld said. "And it is my intention to see that we do." Six years later, the U.S. Army is unable to document a single payment for prisoner abuse at...Read Full Story
CHICAGO ( Reuters ) - The soldier who orchestrated abuses of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison was released on Saturday after serving more than six years in a Kansas military prison barracks, a U.S. Army spokeswoman said. Charles Graner , 42, was released from the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth at about 10 a.m. on Saturday after serving more than 6-1/2 years of a 10-year sentence, U.S. Army spokeswoman Rebecca Steed said. Graner was convicted on charges of conspiracy to commit...Read Full Story
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American Justice: Abu Ghraib Ringleader Released From Jail After Serving Lindsay Lohan Style Sentence
This from the New York Times :
…The so-called ringleader at Abu Ghraib, Charles A. Graner Jr., was released from a prison in Kansas.
Mr. Graner, 42, had been sentenced to 10 years in prison but was released after six and a half for good behavior.
Another example of our wonderful justice system at work: here we have the supposed ringleader of the infamous Abu Ghraib...Read Full Story
Fending off demands that he resign over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told Congress he had found a legal way to compensate Iraqi detainees who suffered "grievous and brutal abuse and cruelty at the hands of a few members of the United States armed forces." "It's the right thing to do," Rumsfeld declared in 2004. "And it is my intention to see that we do." Six years later, the U.S. Army is unable to document a single payment for prisoner abuse at Abu...Read Full Story
WASHINGTON ( Reuters ) - The Supreme Court on Monday let stand the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming that employees of two defense contractors took part in the torture and abuse of Iraqis at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq . The justices rejected an appeal by a group of 250 Iraqis seeking to reinstate their lawsuit against CACI International Inc , which provided interrogators at Abu Ghraib, and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc 's Titan unit, which provided interpreters to the U.S. military . The...Read Full Story
This from the New York Times :
…The so-called ringleader at Abu Ghraib, Charles A. Graner Jr., was released from a prison in Kansas.
Mr. Graner, 42, had been sentenced to 10 years in prison but was released after six and a half for good behavior.
Another example of our wonderful justice system at work: here we have the supposed ringleader of the infamous Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, released from jail after serving a measly six and a half years.
What occurred in this prison...Read Full Story
An Abu Ghraib guide, with links, news, and comments. Beginning in 2004, accounts of abuse, torture, sodomy and homicide of prisoners held in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq (also known as Baghdad Correctional Facility) came to public attention. The acts were committed by some personnel of the 372nd Military Police Company of the United States Army...more
An Abu Ghraib guide, with links, news, and comments. Beginning in 2004, accounts of abuse, torture, sodomy and homicide of prisoners held in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq (also known as Baghdad Correctional Facility) came to public attention. The acts were committed by some personnel of the 372nd Military Police Company of the United States Army together with additional American governmental agencies. These additional agencies have been referred to as the OGA (Other Government Agencies), which is an often used euphemism for the Central Intelligence Agency.