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...
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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.
By Michael Haas Torture has received the most attention among the many war crimes of the Bush administration. But those who support Bush’s pursuit of the “war on terror” have not been impressed by recriminations over torture. Worse than torture are the murders of at least 50 prisoners in Abu Ghraib, Afghanistan, and Guantánamo, but again the hard-hearted are unimpressed when those whom they perceive as terrorists receive illegal extrajudicial capital punishment. The case for abusing children... Read Full Story
A "Mosaic" should consist of pieces of tile - NOT pieces of men! This is as bad as Abu Ghraib . SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Many detainees locked up at Guantanamo were innocent men swept up by U.S. forces unable to distinguish enemies from noncombatants, a former Bush administration official said Thursday. "There are still innocent people there," Lawrence B. Wilkerson, a Republican who was chief of staff to then-Secretary of State Colin Powell, told The Associated Press. "Some have been there... Read Full Story
CACI International Inc. criticized a judge's refusal to dismiss a lawsuit by alleged torture victims at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, vowing to "pursue all of its legal alternatives to defend itself and vindicate the company's good name." In a ruling made public Thursday, U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee rejected claims made by Arlington, Va.-based CACI that it couldn't be sued because its interrogators were performing their duties as the U.S. government required and because none of the... Read Full Story
By Associated Press October 15, 2009, 12:18AM DAVID DISHNEAU, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A soldier who was photographed giving a smiling "thumbs-up" beside a pyramid of naked Abu Ghraib detainees should have her criminal conviction overturned because parading prisoners in the nude was apparently U.S.Army policy, her lawyer told the military's highest court Wednesday. Defense attorney Frank J. Spinner also told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces it was like "a fraternity-type... Read Full Story
Iraq has reopened the notorious Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad. But it has a new name and officials promise more humane treatment of prisoners. The prison compound has come to symbolize American abuses after photos released in 2004 showed U.S. soldiers sexually humiliating inmates there. The renovated facility — now called the Baghdad Central Prison — has recreational areas including a sewing room, exercise equipment, computers, a library and green houses. Officials promised to address... Read Full Story
A federal judge has rejected a defense contractor's claims that it cannot be sued by alleged torture victims at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Arlington, Va.-based CACI (KA'-kee) had claimed it was immune from the lawsuit because it was only providing interrogators as the government required. The company also said the case implicates policy questions too sensitive for litigation. U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee rejected those arguments in a ruling made public Thursday. Four Abu Ghraib... Read Full Story
The federal Appeals Court decision to toss a lawsuit claiming contractors tortured detainees in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison is what you’d expect from a tyranny.
The new ruling brushes off the charges by 212 Iraqis who said they or their late husbands were abused by U.S. personnel at Abu Ghraib. The suit charged private security firm CACI International Inc., of Arlington, Va., of crimes inside the Baghdad hellhole.
But in a 2-1 ruling, the D.C. Court of Appeals said CACI “is protected by... Read Full Story
This article written by JOSH GERSTEIN is a repost from Politico.com .
About a dozen retired generals and admirals, trying to add momentum to President Barack Obama’s effort to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison, are accusing former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz of scaremongering about the dangers of closing it.
“It’s up to all of us to say these arguments advanced by Cheney and his acolytes are nonsense and that really what they’re doing is undermining our... Read Full Story
What a mess. The Daily Telegraph reported on Thursday that Major General Antonio Taguba had seen the Abu Ghraib photos Barack Obama's trying to suppress, and that they were really, really bad. Now Salon's reporting that Taguba hadn't actually seen them. This is ugly. The Thursday report Salon called into question found Taguba - who retired from his military career in 1997 - noted that the Abu Ghraib photos the ACLU's suing to have released show "torture, abuse, rape and every indecency." Last... Read Full Story
Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison has been set alight during a riot. The jail became notorious after prisoner abuse was discovered there after US forces took over.
Wardens had been searching for drugs and banned items such as mobile phones when three inmates started a fire by burning a mattress. The fire injured three wardens but not prisoners, who began rioting. That injured three inmates. The Iraqi army responded and US helicopters assisted. The decision was later taken to evacuate the jail to... Read Full Story
