Abu Ghraib

Full Circuit Revives Abu Ghraib Torture SuitCourthouse News ServiceBy TRAVIS SANFORD (CN) - The full 4th Circuit revived claims that defense contractors conspired with the government to cover up their abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison. In an 11-3 en banc ruling, the Richmond, Va.-based federal appeals court ...Accused torturers should not get immunityReporterHerald.comall 3 news articles »  

Two U.S. companies can be prosecuted for the alleged role of their employees in torture at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, a U.S. federal court ruled last week. The companies are CACI of Arlington, Virginia, which provided the interrogators at the prison, and L-3/Titan of New York city, which provided translators at the same location.  

(The Associated Press) RICHMOND, Va. — A divided federal appeals court in Virginia has revived two lawsuits by former Iraqi detainees who claimed civilian interrogators and translators participated in their torture at the Abu Ghraib prison.  

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) A divided federal appeals court in Virginia has revived two lawsuits by former Iraqi detainees who claimed civilian interrogators and translators participated in their torture at the Abu Ghraib prison. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals  

[JURIST] A 14-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [official website] ruled 12-2 [opinion, PDF] Friday that the earlier dismissal [JURIST report] of lawsuits against two Abu Ghraib [JURIST news archive] contractors on the grounds that they have immunity as government contractors was premature. The court sent the cases against CACI International Inc. and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. [corporate websites] back to the...  

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals is allowing the Abu Ghraib torture lawsuits against military contractors to proceed ... for now. In an 11-3 decision after en banc rehearing, the Fourth Circuit reinstated two torture claims in Virginia and Maryland federal courts. The court did not rule on the merits......  

"En Banc Fourth Circuit Dismisses Contractors' Appeals in Abu Ghraib Torture Suit": Steve Vladeck has this post at the "Lawfare" blog about an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today....  

Indeed, by PowerPoint and by lectern ... Ominously, slide 15 of  Dooley’s “Counter-Jihad Op Design Model” called for the eventual “elimination” of any influence that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) may have within ...  

"Appeals court revives Iraq contractor torture cases": Terry Baynes of Reuters has this report. The Associated Press reports that "Va. appeals court revives Abu Ghraib lawsuits." And at "SCOTUSblog," Lyle Denniston has a post titled "Setback for Abu Ghraib contractors."...  

Three construction workers were killed and three others were wounded in an attack launched by gunmen on a government hospital building under construc...  

Lynndie England--Miss Abu Ghraib--says that Iraqis have better lives after the US invaded their country and murdered tens of thousands of them. Others in and out of the USG regularly say the same thing. And that the war was worth it.  But worth it for whom? She also says she misses the routine and the [...]  

I'm googling like crazy this morning, trying to find that opinion column headline from 2006 that read:"Much Ado About Abu Ghraib Photos: Sometimes men do dumb things. This is one of them, little more."But I can't seem to find it.I did find this, however, which seems to capture the attitude of the press these days with regard to a circumstance that falls in the same category as "Abu Ghraib: How Good People Turn Evil," a malevolence that shocked...  

A federal appeals court found that private military contractors are not immune from litigation when they engage in torture.  

Former US soldier Lynndie England, a central figure in the 2004 Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq, says she feels no compassion for her victims. In an interview with the internet newspaper The Daily, the 29-year-old unemployed single mother living in rural ...  

RTInfamous Abu Ghraib guard has no regretsRTUS Army Private First Class Lynndie England arrives for the second day of her court-martial in the Abu Ghraib Prison scandal 03 May, 2005 at Fort Hood, Texas. (Birchum/Getty Images/AFP Photo) One of the guards involved in the 2004 Abu Ghraib abuse ...Abu Ghraib guard Lynndie England says of Iraqi prisoners she was convicted of ...Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)Lynndie England Interview: Public Still Not...  

Former US soldier Lynndie England, a central figure in the 2004 Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq, remains unemployable eight years after the scandal that saw her face plastered across the world's media.  

When President George W. Bush proposed razing Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison in 2004, this American Army judge declared it a crime scene and forbade its demolition. When five years later President Barack Obama asked the Guantánamo war court to ...  

People best know Lynndie England from the damning photographs of her that surfaced eight years ago, when she and some military colleagues tortured and humiliated Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Today, the dishonorably discharged England is an underemployed single mother living with her parents in West Virginia.  

In an interview with the Internet newspaper The Daily, the 29-year-old unemployed single mother living in rural West Virginia showed little remorse for her role in a scandal that indelibly tarnished the U.S. military presence in Iraq. "Their lives are better.  

At Abu Gharaib, she wasn't supposed to be hanging around the cellblocks given the administrative ... Click image to see more photos Now 29, England is "virtually unemployable" and living in her parents rural West Virginia home where she is raising her ...  

Lone-wolf terrorism threat risesThe AustralianCOUNTER-TERRORISM police in Australia are investigating fewer plots than a decade ago, but the cases on their books are more serious and more likely to involve a genuine threat. A year after the death of Osama bin Laden, the Australian Federal Police's ...  

Islam and terrorismPakistan ObserverIs Islam really linked to terrorism? The moment people heard the word Islam they start thinking that Islam teaches extremism, fundamentalism and terrorism. And being a Muslim I don't defend that Islam doesn't teach so, Yes Islam does teach to be ...  

Hindustan TimesBadal for evolving political consensus to tackle terrorismHindustan Times(Munish Byala/HT photo) In a bid to curb terrorism, Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal today urged the central government to make concerted efforts to evolve political consensus at national level for the eradication of social maladies like ...Badal for evolving consensus to tackle terrorismPunjab Newslineall 54 news articles »  

Margulies Responds to JafferLawfare (blog)First, Jameel doesn't deny the premise of my post: that the photos that the ACLU sought largely piggybacked on the Abu Ghraib revelations. True, some were of different locations, but reports such as the 2008 Senate Armed Services Committee study had ...and more »  

USA TODAYTerrorism adviser: No security breach in Secret Service caseTbo.comBy AP WASHINGTON — The White House's top counterterrorism adviser says the Secret Service's prostitution scandal did not expose weak spots in the president's security. John Brennan says the disciplinary actions taken against the officers allegedly ...Agents' actions put president at riskTheNewsTribune.comall 2,647 news articles »  

Terrorism big challenge for Nation says CMIndia Education DiaryPrem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister said that terrorism was a big challenge before the Nation and coordinated efforts needed to be made to demoralize the divisive forces. He was speaking on the occasion of function organised by Shahid Parivar Fund at ...and more »  

Telegraph.co.ukSyria: UN chief encourages terrorism - World NewsSan Francisco Luxury NewsSyria has accused the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of bias and encouraging terrorism, after he blamed government forces for violating a ceasefire it agreed to earlier this month. An editorial in the state-run Tishreen newspaper said on ...Syria blames UN chief for encouraging terrorismallvoicesLocal NGO`s express Condemnation of Terrorist...  

Missteps, closed culture undermine confidence in military justice systemCNN InternationalAs it begins legal proceedings against Bales, the military is under the most intense scrutiny it has faced since soldiers were accused in 2004 of abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, and a squad of Marines were charged with killing two dozen ...and more »  

The attempt to ascribe this indecency to a handful of soldiers or poor leadership is a distraction from the full indecency of war itself, much like the Abu Ghraib photos were used to deflect attention from questions of U.S. detention policy.  

Former US soldier Lynndie England, a central figure in the 2004 Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq, said in an interview published Monday she feels no compassion for her victims.  

Iraqi army forces on Tuesday (April 24th) thwarted an attack involving a car bomb in Abu Ghraib, the Iraqi Defence Ministry said....  

Lynndie England, who became the face of U.S. military abuses overseas for her role in the Abu Ghraib scandal, says she doesn't feel bad for detainees who were subjected to torture.  

An Iraqi woman and two of her children were killed when a sticky bomb planted under their house door in Abu Ghraib exploded, police in Abu Ghraib sai...  

The family members of an Iraqi police officer in Abu Ghraib were killed when improvised explosive devices (IEDs) targeting the officer's house explod...