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	Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In her video diary, a prison guard said that prisoners were shot for minor misbehavior, and claimed to have had venomous snakes bite prisoners, sometimes resulting in their deaths.
		It was discovered that one prisoner, Manadel al-Jamadi, died as a result of abuse, a death that was ruled a homicide by the military.
		This was the first internal evidence since the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse affair became public in April, 2004 that forms of abusive coercion and torture of captives had been mandated by the President.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abu_Ghraib_prison_abuse_scandal (6010 words)

	Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse reports/Gallery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib had to form a body pyramid, naked but blinded by their hoods.
		These prisoners were made to simulate oral sex (while still wearing their hoods).
		England holding a leash attached to a prisoner collapsed on the floor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abu_Ghraib_prisoner_abuse_reports/Gallery (164 words)

	New Details of Prison Abuse Emerge (washingtonpost.com)
		Previously secret sworn statements by detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq describe in raw detail abuse that goes well beyond what has been made public, adding allegations of prisoners being ridden like animals, sexually fondled by female soldiers and forced to retrieve their food from toilets.
		The fresh allegations of prison abuse are contained in statements taken from 13 detainees shortly after a soldier reported the incidents to military investigators in mid-January.
		The prisoners also provided accounts of how some of the now-famous photographs were staged, including the pyramid of hooded, naked prisoners.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A43783-2004May20.html (986 words)

	ABU GHRAIB PROBE: Report faults soldiers, leadership for abuse of Iraqi prisoners
		The report described the abuse as "acts of brutality and purposeless sadism" and said -- as have others who reviewed the case -- that the soldiers involved were not acting on approved orders or policies.
		While Sanchez was understandably focused on fighting a mounting Iraqi insurgency at the time of the abuses, he should have ensured that his staff dealt with Abu Ghraib's command and resource problems, it said.
		The report is one of several that have examined various aspects of the abuse scandal, which rocked the Bush administration and triggered calls by some in Congress for Rumsfeld to resign.
	www.freep.com /news/nw/prison25e_20040825.htm (599 words)

	Army Implicates 28 U.S. Troops in Deaths of 2 Afghan Detainees
		As with the Abu Ghraib scandal, those implicated were from a regular Army military intelligence unit — the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion — and a reserve military police unit.
		At the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad, an officer from the battalion, Capt. Carolyn A. Wood, crafted a chart that spelled out the types of interrogation tactics that were permitted and which methods required special approval.
		At Abu Ghraib, the collaboration between intelligence and police units led to confusion over who was in charge of prisoners and what the various troops were allowed to do, which contributed to the abuses, according to a recent report by former Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines04/1015-10.htm (1396 words)

	Abu Ghraib - SourceWatch
		Abu Ghraib (also spelled Abu Gharib and Abu Ghurayb), the largest of ten Enemy Prisoner of War Camps in Iraq, is the location of the reputed "torture chamber of horrors" where Saddam Hussein had his political opponents tortured and hung.
		Abu Ghraib was an enormous victory for them, and it is unlikely that any response by the Bush administration will wipe its stain from the minds of Arabs.
		Prisoners are also alleged to have been placed in painful positions for hours at Camp Cropper, a prison at Baghdad International Airport for prominent former Iraqi officials.
	www.sourcewatch.org /wiki.phtml?title=Abu_Ghraib (3423 words)

	ABC News: Harman Tells Her Story
		Sabrina Harman, one of seven Army Reservists charged in the abuse of prisoners in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, told "20/20" she wishes she could apologize to the Iraqi people, but doesn't think she did anything wrong while she was stationed as a guard at the prison.
		Harman, 27, said she never hurt anyone, but she was involved with some of the prison scandal's most iconic photos.
		Although Harman says the prisoner, nicknamed Gilligan, was not tortured or beaten, she acknowledges he was subject to sleep deprivation, one technique used to tire prisoners so they can be successfully interrogated.
	abcnews.go.com /2020/News/story?id=429459&page=1 (368 words)

	The New Yorker: Fact (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the era of Saddam Hussein, Abu Ghraib, twenty miles west of Baghdad, was one of the world’s most notorious prisons, with torture, weekly executions, and vile living conditions.
		The picture he draws of Abu Ghraib is one in which Army regulations and the Geneva conventions were routinely violated, and in which much of the day-to-day management of the prisoners was abdicated to Army military-intelligence units and civilian contract employees.
		As the photographs from Abu Ghraib make clear, these detentions have had enormous consequences: for the imprisoned civilian Iraqis, many of whom had nothing to do with the growing insurgency; for the integrity of the Army; and for the United States’ reputation in the world.
	www.newyorker.com /fact/content?040510fa_fact (3359 words)

	Boston.com / News / Nation / Soldier wrestled with decision to report Iraq jail abuse
		England faces up to 38 years in prison for her role in the abuse scandal.
		She is shown in numerous photos posing with nude prisoners, one of them at the end of a leash.
		When he returned on Thanksgiving, he said, he was regaled with stories about a prison shoot-out in which an inmate, armed with a smuggled 9mm pistol and two bayonet knives, wounded an Army prison guard.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2004/08/07/soldier_wrestled_with_decision_to_report_iraq_jail_abuse (805 words)

	Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . COMMENTARY . Abu Ghraib Prison Abuse Scandal . May 14, 2004 \| PBS
		Recent news reports and photos from Abu Ghraib, the American prison in Baghdad, demonstrate that the rules for humane treatment of prisoners were clearly breached.
		Abu Ghraib did not involve a hard choice between moral principles and pragmatic policies.
		This abuse of prisoners was morally wrong and pragmatically disastrous, too.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/religionandethics/week737/commentary.html (999 words)

	CBS News \| Abuse Of Iraqi POWs By GIs Probed \| May 4, 2005 11:56:16
		There are shots of the prisoners stacked in a pyramid, one with a slur written on his skin in English.
		One of the civilian interrogators at Abu Ghraib was questioned by the Army, and he told investigators he had "broken several tables during interrogations, unintentionally," while trying to "fear up" prisoners.
		The Army investigation confirms that soldiers at Abu Ghraib were not trained at all in Geneva Convention rules.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/04/27/60II/main614063.shtml (2323 words)

	More than 300 inmates leave Abu Ghraib prison - Iraq Abuse Scandal - MSNBC.com
		ABU GHRAIB, Iraq - More than 300 Iraqi detainees, some weeping and waving to friends, were released from the Abu Ghraib prison on Friday, a day after Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld made a surprise visit and insisted the Pentagon did not try to cover up abuses there.
		The coalition periodically releases prisoners from the notorious Saddam-era jail on the western outskirts of Baghdad where abuses of prisoners by American soldiers have erupted into a major scandal and damaged the credibility of the U.S.-led coalition governing Iraq.
		All prisoners under U.S. control will have been moved out of the old prison building by the end of the month, and a new complex of outdoor camps will be built to provide better living conditions.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/4975021 (664 words)

	England to face retrial in Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal
		England, the face of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, which dealt a body blow to the credibility of the US-led occupation of Iraq, goes on trial for a second time at Fort Hood.
		Lynndie England, the face of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, which dealt a body blow to the credibility of the US-led occupation of Iraq, goes on trial this week for a second time at Fort Hood.
		Though a bit player in a sordid tale of torture and sexual humiliation at the prison first made infamous for its abuses under Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, she stands to get the harshest sentence of nine lower-ranking enlistees in the case: 11 years in prison.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=71068 (731 words)

	USATODAY.com - National and International News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		NEWARK, N.J. An Army sergeant accused in the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal will plead guilty to reduced charges next week as part of a deal with military prosecutors, his lawyer said Thursday.
		Javal Davis had been charged with conspiracy to maltreat detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison, dereliction of duty, and maltreatment of detainees.
		Charles Graner, the alleged ringleader in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse case, said under cross-examination Wednesday that Graner routinely disobeyed orders while serving as a guard there.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/prison-probe.htm (251 words)

	Abu Ghraib prison abuse: Court convicts US soldier : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		England, 22, who faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, was one of the most notorious figures in the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal.
		England was convicted on one count of conspiracy to mistreat prisoners, one count of an indecent act and four counts of maltreatment, Fort Hood spokesman Jim Wittmeyer said.
		England pleaded guilty to the charges in May, but the judge tossed the agreement aside after she argued during sentencing that she was not responsible for the acts that sparked worldwide outrage, forcing a fresh court-martial.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1502036,00050001.htm (338 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Rumsfeld awaits Abu Ghraib report
		On Tuesday the judge in the Abu Ghraib abuse hearings taking place in Germany rejected a move by defence lawyers to call Mr Rumsfeld as a witness.
		The Abu Ghraib scandal surfaced in April when photographs of hooded and naked Iraqi prisoners being maltreated first came to light.
		Four of the seven soldiers charged with cruelty and maltreatment of prisoners at the prison have been facing preliminary hearings at US barracks in Mannheim, Germany, to decide whether they should stand trial.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/3593402.stm (537 words)

	Abuse - Abu Ghraib Prison Abuse Scandal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Abuse and violence cross geographical and cultural boundaries and social and economic strata.
		Of all the revelations that have surfaced about the Abu Ghraib prison-abuse scandal so far, the least surprising is that Douglas Feith may be partly...
		of the prison-abuse scandal would be the undermining of legitimate operations in the war on terror, which had already suffered from the draining of resources into Iraq.
	www.abusecause.com /abuse/abu-ghraib-prison-abuse-scandal.html (1711 words)

	Abu Ghraib whistleblower testifies. 07/08/2004. ABC News Online
		Sgt Darby said he was given a CD containing the now infamous photographs from Abu Ghraib from guard Specialist Charles Graner, another of the accused, in December last year.
		England, 21, became the poster child of the scandal because of a photo - one of those on the disc submitted by Sgt Darby - showing her holding a leash around a naked inmate's neck.
		Sgt Darby also testified that he had seen naked prisoners and that some inmates had been interrogated by military intelligence in a building behind the prison known as "the woodshed".
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200408/s1171084.htm (630 words)

	Ithaca Times - National News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But perhaps most disturbing to domestic human rights groups is the growing use of the name "Abu Ghraib" by officers to threaten further torture of detainees, and its significance as a code term for applying electricity to the genital area.
		Other practices include taking pictures or threatening to take pictures of prisoners naked, which the groups say was a hugely uncommon occurrence in the past; and blindfolding and handcuffing detainees for long periods of time, which also prevented them from fulfilling their religious obligations, such as praying five times a day.
		The abuses in Egypt unraveled earlier this month after the Egyptian police arrested some 58 members of the non-violent Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest opposition group, whose goal is to set up an Islamic state in Egypt through peaceful means.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=12058347&BRD=1395&PAG=740&dept_id=226967&rfi=6 (1210 words)

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		Yet, what makes the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal truly appalling is that it was perpetrated by a country that was made to be the cradle of democracy and champion of human rights.
		The greatest impact of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal is going to be felt, however, by the pro-democracy movement in the Arab world.
		To the thinking of Arab governments, after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, America won't have the guts and the moral authority to criticise their poor human rights records.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/Opinion2.asp?ArticleID=120952 (1010 words)

	Pocono Record Online: Abu Ghraib witness claims England abused prisoners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sivits pleaded guilty in the scandal and is serving a year in prison.
		Many painted a picture of a prison in disarray, a description that was amplified last week by the report of an independent commission.
		They testified instead that the abuse depicted in the photographs — men tethered to leashes, forced to simulate homosexual acts and piled in nude pyramids — was more for sport or revenge.
	www.poconorecord.com /local/tjd98533.htm (658 words)

	CNN.com - Judge: Abu Ghraib a crime scene - Jun 21, 2004
		One pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a year in prison and given a bad conduct discharge.
		But, Womack said, the prisoners at Abu Ghraib were "not protected by international or American law" in any event.
		Jeremy Sivits received the maximum sentence in a special courts martial for his role in the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/meast/06/21/iraq.abuse.trial (1016 words)

	CNN.com - Parents defend convicted Abu Ghraib guard - Jan 17, 2005
		Charles Graner Jr., the U.S. Army reservist convicted in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, said Monday that his trial was unfair and that he was forced to carry out his superiors' orders, even though he opposed them as a Christian.
		The younger Graner was found guilty of two counts of conspiracy, one count of dereliction of duty, four counts of maltreatment of detainees, one count of aggravated assault and one count of an indecent act.
		Photographs of Graner smiling alongside humiliated Iraqi prisoners, along with e-mails he sent to family and friends, were key pieces of evidence in the case.
	www.cnn.com /2005/LAW/01/17/graner.parents (654 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Iraq - Abu Ghraib
		It's fairly clear from international law as it's evolved since the Second World War that the "command responsibility" for what happened at the Abu Ghraib prison goes far beyond the six enlisted personnel who are already facing courts martial.
		It is certain that some mid-level commanders failed in their duty to control and prevent the crimes at Abu Ghraib.
		Those military and civilian leaders in the Pentagon who sent poorly trained reservists to become prison guards could be found to have failed in their responsibility to control troops and prevent crimes.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/iraq/abughraib.html (1025 words)

	Abu Ghraib
		Regarding the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, two reports have been released this week, both of which go beyond the actions of the Reservists and hold to account both the military command structure and military intelligence officers at the prison.
		Under the dictator, prisons like Abu Ghraib were symbols of death and torture.
		But the obtuse bureaucratic efficiency the ruled the day was what made re-opening Abu Ghraib seem a reasonable policy.
	stygius.mindsay.com /?entry=326742 (768 words)

	10-year-sentence for soldier in Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Defense lawyer Guy Womack said his client and the six other Abu Ghraib guards charged with abuses were being scapegoated, but added that he thought the jury did its job well.
		He said he initially resisted pressure to mistreat prisoners, but his Army superiors made it clear to him that he was expected to obey the commands of the military and civilian intelligence agents who ran his part of Abu Ghraib.
		Lynndie England, a clerk at Abu Ghraib who last fall gave birth to a baby believed to be fathered by Graner.
	www.kstptv5.com /article/stories/S5615.html?cat=1 (912 words)

	Commanders trade blame about abuse at Abu Ghraib
		According to the Army, many of the abuses -- including humiliation, physical abuse and possible killings of prisoners -- occurred sometime last fall through December, when Karpinski was in command of the military police unit at the prison.
		Karpinski, a reservist, was relieved of her command and suspended from active duty after the public revelations of abuse at Abu Ghraib.
		She was "unwilling to understand or accept that many of the problems inherent in the 800th MP Brigade were caused or exacerbated by poor leadership and the refusal of her command to establish and enforce basic standards and principles among its soldiers," he wrote.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/06/16/MNGEO76SCE1.DTL (489 words)

	Interrogator Says He Instructed Prison Guards
		civilian interrogator at Abu Ghraib prison last fall admitted in a signed statement that he told Army reserve guards what to do, and he outlined intelligence-gathering protocols that may have violated Army regulations.
		Antonio Taguba was appointed to investigate reports of prisoner abuse, was leaked Monday to The Associated Press.
		Thomas M. Pappas, then-commander of the military intelligence brigade at Abu Ghraib, said he got the idea of using military dogs to intimidate detainees from Maj. Gen.
	www.scvhistory.com /scvhistory/signal/iraq/sg061604a.htm (1406 words)

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