Abu Ghraib

Abu Ghraib

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...

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 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...  
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AP - A female 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 Army policy, her lawyer told t  
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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...  
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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.  
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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.  
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Echoing the abuses at Abu Ghraib, 33 Iraqi detainees say they were raped, abused, humiliated by British troops. Critics ask, why are the allegations coming now?  
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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 [...]  
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LONDON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Britain's Defense Ministry is investigating claims of prisoner abuse by British troops in Iraq in a scandal that could turn into a second Abu Ghraib.  
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EDINBURG — The lead investigator into the Abu Ghraib detainee abuse case will speak at the University of Texas-Pan American on Monday for the first Global Security Leadership Speaker series event for the fall semester. Retired U.S. Army Reserve...  
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The female soldier photographed at Abu Ghraib prison giving a smiling "thumbs-up" beside a pyramid of naked detainees is appealing her maltreatment convictions to the U.S. military's highest court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces hears arguments today in the case of former Army Reserve Specialist Sabrina Harman.  
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Eager to dispel its image as a rights abuser after "war on terror" prison scandals, the US has opened a new Afghan jail that critics say still falls short of basic legal standards. The new Parwan Detention Facility has been built at the Bagram military base, 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Kabul, where it will begin taking 640 inmates from a tented camp elsewhere on the base by the end of the month. The prison will be run by Brigadier General Mark Martins, a US military lawyer who believes this "new Gitmo" will earn a reputation for justice. The centre is also important ... Read Full Story
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The US House of Representatives voted Thursday to prevent the transfer of detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the United States, creating another potential obstacle to President Barack Obama's plan to close the facility. The measure, sponsored by Republican Representative Harold Rogers as part of the 2010 Homeland Security Department budget, passed by a vote of 258 to 163, attracting support from nearly all the chamber's Republicans, as well as 88 Democrats. "For nine months, the Obama administration has insisted the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay be shuttered within the year; but what have we seen in that time? Nothing. No plan. No idea of ... Read Full Story
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The female soldier who was photographed at Abu Ghraib prison giving a smiling "thumbs-up" beside a pyramid of naked detainees is appealing her convictions to the U.S. military's highest court. Former Army Reserve Specialist Sabrina Harman, of Lorton, Va., was sentenced to six months behind bars for her role in the abuses that occurred six years ago at the prison in Iraq. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces scheduled arguments Wednesday on whether there was enough evidence to sustain convictions on six counts of maltreatment, conspiracy to maltreat detainees and dereliction of duty. Harman also was found to have participated in ... Read Full Story
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A female soldier who was photographed at Abu Ghraib prison giving a smiling "thumbs-up" beside a pyramid of naked detainees says she hopes her appeal to the military's highest court will exonerate all whose reputations were tarnished by the scandal. Former Army Reserve Specialist Sabrina Harman spoke to The Associated Press before her hearing Wednesday in Washington in front of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. Her attorney told the court that Harman, of Lorton, Va., shouldn't have been convicted of maltreatment for photographing and posing with naked detainees because prisoner nudity appears to have been Army policy. But prosecutors say ... Read Full Story
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The U.S. military's highest court is scheduled to hear the appeal of a former Army dog handler convicted in the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The case of former Sgt. Michael J. Smith is the first one in the scandal to go before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in Washington. Military jurors previously found that Smith let his unmuzzled Belgian shepherd threaten three detainees at the prison. They also found the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., man conspired with another dog handler to try to frighten prisoners into soiling themselves and directed his dog to lick peanut butter ... Read Full Story
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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 prank" when former Army Spc. Sabrina D. Harman helped place a hooded detainee atop a box with electrical wires in his hands. Prosecutor Army Capt. Stephanie Cooper countered that ... Read Full Story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit against two U.S. defense contractors by Iraqi torture victims, saying the companies had immunity as government contractors. The lawsuit was filed in 2004 on behalf of Iraqi nationals who say they or their relatives had been tortured or mistreated while detained by the U.S. military at the Abu Ghraib prison. The plaintiffs sued 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. By a 2-1 vote, the appellate panel found the two companies had government contractor immunity and ... Read Full Story
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