Abu Ghraib

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.  

"Federal Court to Decide Whether Former Abu Ghraib Prisoners Can Sue U.S. Contractors for Damages": Ariane de Vogue of ABC News has this report....  

[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 [...]  

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...  

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? [...]  

Abu Ghraib Sahwa Chief was killed in an explosion targeting his private car western Baghdad, a police source told Alsumaria on Wednesday. “Sahwa Chief in Abu Ghraib District Yahya Kazem Zaidan, known as Abu Zakaria Al Tumaymi, was immediately killed after a bomb attached to his car exploded as ...  

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 ...  

Also distressing is the fact that such deadly Afghan assaults against the very nations that shore up Hamid Karzai’s crummy government don’t get a rise out of the Afghan leader. This freak videotaped incident, however, does. Years of all-too ...  

A video anonymously posted on YouTube this week apparently shows four US marines urinating on the corpses of Afghans. They pose for a video camera held by a fifth marine, and perform their great ...  

The Abu Ghraib of Phoenix, Arizona: The Cruel Death Of Ernest Atencio & OthersiNEWP- Freedom of SpeechPhoenix, AZ police have been implicated in 8 hours of video footage released by the MCSO (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office) for participating in the death of a man in jail despite their apparent attempts to distance themselves from the incident by ...and more »  

The American public, military and the intelligence community were all affected by the Iraq war. Tom Ricks of the Center for a New American Security, retired Marine Col. Gary Anderson and Army veteran Andrew Exum discuss how Americans will remember the war, and what we should learn from it.  

Minneci v. Pollard and Contractor LiabilityLawfare (blog)by Steve Vladeck Tomorrow morning, the en banc Fourth Circuit will hear oral argument in the two Abu Ghraib/contractor preemption cases about which we've blogged previously. Although there's a serious question as to the Court of Appeals' jurisdiction, ...  

US Government Upholds Accountability for Contractors Who TortureHuman Rights FirstNakhla—were brought by 76 Iraqis who allege they were tortured and abused by US private military contractors at Abu Ghraib and other US-run prisons in Iraq. Among the alleged heinous acts: electric shocks, repeated brutal beatings, sleep and sensory ...  

The GuardianIraq says to take legal action for Haditha victimsReutersThe Haditha massacre that killed 24 Iraqis, alongside the Abu Ghraib prison scandal and shootings by US contractors in 2007, stoked global outrage against the nearly nine-year US military presence after the 2003 invasion. The last US soldier accused in ...Frank Wuterich trial: Stunning denial by US Marine at Haditha massacre court ...Daily MailAnger in Iraq After Plea Bargain...