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.
The Latin American artist's collection of paintings and drawings that shows the horrors of prisoner abuse is now on display at the Berkeley Art Museum.
Sexual abuse was routinely practised by the Joint Forward Intelligence Team (JFIT) between 2003 and 2007, it is claimed, when the unit ran the Divisional Temporary Detention Facility based at the Shaibah Logistics Base near Basra. ...
British officials were aware of possible violence against Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib prison almost a year before revelations of torture and abuse finally emerged, the head of MI6 has revealed. Related StoriesBrown urges both sides to negotiate in BA disputeMinister plans more 20mph speed zonesYouth unemployment hits record highAndrew Grice: Not with a bang but a whimperMI6 chief reveals advance warning of Abu Ghraib problems
Fernando Botero's view of Abu Ghraib atrocitiesSan Francisco ChronicleWhat of the continued operation of Guantanamo Bay prison, which exported the brutalities that the name Abu Ghraib now shorthands? The Botero work depicts, ...
In Mark Buchanan's essay "How People Turn Monstrous" he argues that given enough social pressure anyone could easily do something horrific; this refers to Staff Sgt. Ivan Fredrick II and his use of torture on prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.Contributor: Robert CarrPublished: Nov 30, 2009
Writing for Newsweek magazine’s feature on the top ten “startling scoops” of the past ten years, ex-CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather identified the most shocking: “Abu Ghraib has opened our eyes, serving as a dark icon that reminds us our fiercest enemies – hubris, cruelty, and ignorance – wage war from within.”
Rather went on to proclaim that the prisoner abuse scandal “is still the subject of debate and the source of despair, a shadowy...
ABU GHRAIB, Iraq – Word arrived to brigade officials Monday: The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was visiting Baghdad, and he wanted to tour the main marketplace in the western Baghdad suburb of Abu Ghraib.
Protecting the United States’ top uniformed service member during his 45-minute walk was no small task.
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The Louisiana Board that licenses psychologists is facing a growing legal fight over torture and medical care at the infamous Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib prisons. In 2003, Louisiana psychologist and retired colonel Larry James watched behind a one-way mirror in a U.S. prison camp while an interrogator and three prison guards wrestled a screaming near-naked [...]
BAGHDAD — In a massacre that revived memories of Iraq's worst years of sectarian bloodshed, assailants dressed in Iraqi army uniforms savagely killed 13 men and boys late Sunday near the restive city of Abu Ghraib, according to Iraqi officials and villagers.
Speaking about the Abu Ghraib scandal , President Bush promises a "full investigation." In an interview with Al Arabiya, he says: "It's important for people to understand that in a democracy, there will be a full investigation. In other words, we want to know the truth. In our country, when there's an allegation of abuse ... there will be a full investigation, and justice will be delivered. ... It's very important for people and your listeners...
The nauseating component in current claims and reactions about Canada's role in turning Afghan detainees over for torture does not lie in the betrayal of some mythic Canadian role as an idealistic actor on the world stage -- as opposition questions implied in the House of Commons yesterday. We have always played an ambiguous, often duplicitous, role in international conflict. It began with our original peacekeeping foray at Suez in Lester...
The Christian Science Monitor - The execution-style killings of 13 Iraqis over the weekend west of Baghdad has raised fears than a resurgent Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) is taking advantage of the gaps between retreating US forces and Iraqi troops not yet capable of maintaining security on their own.
guardian.co.ukBrits 'knew of abuse at Abu Ghraib', says MI6 bossMirror.co.ukSir John Sawers told the Iraq inquiry UK officials learned of "difficulties" at Abu Ghraib jail in mid-2003. But he said the scale of mistreatment by US troops was "way beyond" what they expected. He added: "The revelations ...Iraq violence 'may have prompted UK rethink'BBC NewsBritish knew Iraqis badly treated soon after invasionYorkshire PostMI6 chief reveals advance...
BBC NewsMoD investigates 'Britain's Abu Ghraib'InTheNews.co.ukAn investigation has been launched into allegations UK troops colluded with their US counterparts in the torture and rape of Iraqi prisoners, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. A pre-action protocol letter has been served to ...MoD investigating alleged rape and torture of Iraqi civilians by troopsguardian.co.ukBritain's Abu Ghraib: Did Britain collude with US in abuse of Iraqis...