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	CNN.com - FBI reports Guantanamo 'abuse' - Dec 8, 2004
		Ryder is the Army's chief law enforcement officer who's investigating abuses at U.S.-run prisons in Afghanistan, Iraq and at Guantanamo, AP said.
		Jay Hood, the current commander of the mission in Guantanamo, said allegations of mistreatment and abuse are taken seriously and investigated, AP reported.
		The U.S. military says prisoners are treated in accordance with the Geneva Conventions, which prohibit violence, torture and humiliating treatment.
	www.cnn.com /2004/US/12/08/guantanamo.abuse (1061 words)

	Videos Show Guantanamo Prisoner Abuse
		The military has cited 10 substantiated cases of abuse at Guantanamo, and announced Tuesday an extension would be granted for an investigation to interview of witnesses in the United States and abroad.
		Many of the prisoners are Muslim men and under strict interpretations of Islam view contact with other women other than their wives as taboo.
		Prisoners released from Guantanamo have accused the extraction teams of abuse and one former U.S. National Guardsmen received brain damage after posing undercover as a rowdy detainee and being beaten by teammates.
	www.infowars.com /articles/ps/gitmo_videos_show_prisoner_abuse.htm (1137 words)

	Prisoner abuse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Prisoner abuse is the mistreatment of persons while they are under arrest or incarcerated.
		Abuse of prisoners is considered a crime in the United States Uniform Code of Military Justice.
		Regarding prisoners held at the Guantanamo Bay, Rep. Duncan Hunter, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has shown food that is similar to what is served there, "purchased for them by American taxpayers" - in order to dispel allegations that the prisoners had been abused or tortured.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prisoner_abuse (210 words)

	PhpWiki - Prisoner Abuse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		While many Americans are expressing shock and outrage at the recently exposed abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers, these practices are in fact part of a long-standing history in America.
		Not only are the techniques of abuse and humiliation a long standing institutional part of American military and intelligence gathering practices, but many in America have been trying to draw attention these practices for over 30 years.
		For some the nature of abuse of Iraqi prisoners is not news at all, but there is a relief that the truth has finally, after too many years, been exposed.
	pnews.org /news/index.php/PrisonerAbuse (219 words)

	Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In her video diary, a prison guard said that prisoners were shot for minor misbehavior, and said 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.
		Under the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions, prisoners of war and civilians detained in a war may not be treated in a degrading manner, and violation of that section is a "grave breach".
	www.aljazeera.com /me.asp?service_ID=10332 (3727 words)

	New claims of Iraq prisoner abuse
		Fresh allegations of abuse of Iraqi prisoners by UK soldiers have been uncovered by BBC Two's Newsnight.
		It says that according to the report, inmates at the camp at Umm Qasr, where the men were held, "were routinely treated by their guards with general contempt, with petty violence".
		One of those concerned allegations of abuse at Camp Breadbasket in Basra, over which three soldiers were convicted.
	www.prisonplanet.com /articles/august2005/160805prisonerabuse.htm (589 words)

	Opinion: Prisoner abuse in Iraq is part of a larger pattern
		As reports of abuse at the hands of U.S. and U.S.-trainied soldiers, from Latin America to Guantanamo Bay to Abu Ghraib, continue to surface, the Army continues to distance itself from the abuses.
		Knowing of widespread abuses for over a year, they should have gone to the very top when their early complaints were ignored.
		The abuse the children suffered at Straight was far worse than anything the Iraqi prison have experienced and no one was held accountable.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/05/08/Opinion/Prisoner_abuse_in_Ira.shtml (1660 words)

	Abu Ghraib Files - Salon.com News
		Although the world is now sadly familiar with images of naked, hooded prisoners in scenes of horrifying humiliation and abuse, this is the first time that the full dossier of the Army's own photographic evidence of the scandal has been made public.
		The prisoner in perhaps the most iconic photo from Abu Ghraib, the hooded man standing on a box with electrical wires attached to his hands, was being interrogated by the CID itself for his alleged role in the kidnapping and murder of two American soldiers in Iraq.
		As noted in Chapter 4, "Electrical Wires," a CID spokesman confirmed to Salon that a CID agent was suspended in fall 2004 pending an investigation and later found "derelict in his duties" for his role in prisoner abuse.
	www.salon.com /news/abu_ghraib/2006/03/14/introduction (2109 words)

	Prisoner abuse scandal
		The shocking abuse and sexual humiliation that occurred at Abu Ghraib prison in 2003 and 2004 was the work of "corrupt cops" who acted for their own enjoyment and without the sanction of their commanders, according to the military's opening statement yesterday in the court-martial of an Army dog handler.
		The court-martial of Abu Ghraib prison guard Sgt. Michael J. Smith opened at Fort Meade yesterday with the military's assertion that Smith was part of a "rogue" band of guards who "tormented, terrorized and terrified" detainees at the Iraqi prison.
		Senior FBI officials in Iraq were reluctant to investigate allegations of prisoner abuse for fear that the bureau would lose access to high-value detainees and the stream of intelligence from interrogations, according to documents released yesterday by the American Civil Liberties Union.
	www.dailypress.com /business/bal-prisonerabuse,0,5330431.storygallery (8377 words)

	Online NewsHour: U.S. Army Plans to Demote General in Connection to Prisoner Abuse Investigation -- May 6, 2005
		Since Abu Ghraib, the Pentagon has investigated alleged abuse of prisoners in Afghanistan and is investigating alleged mistreatment of detainees at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
		And the evidence is increasingly overwhelming of the information that was known throughout 2002 and 2003 of widespread and systemic abuses, yet the secretary of defense did not act in the way that was required to prevent and punish that abuse as it was occurring and to prevent future abuse from occurring.
		When you turn to a subordinate general officer, and she's in charge of the prisons and the guards inside that prison and you start asking some pretty leading direct questions about conditions and what you've heard, you want to give her some time to start to find this out herself and get back to you.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/military/jan-june05/abuse_5-6.html (1887 words)

	USATODAY.com - Four generals may pay a price for Iraq prisoner abuse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		WASHINGTON (AP) — The Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal could effectively end the careers of four Army generals who are linked indirectly to the misconduct but face no criminal charges.
		It found no evidence that the abuse was carried out under military orders, or in accordance with any Pentagon policy, but rather was attributed to personal misconduct and, in some cases, confusion and inadequate supervision.
		The Schlesinger report blamed Karpinski for leadership failures that "helped set the conditions at the prison which led to the abuses." She failed to ensure that Iraqi prisoners were protected by the Geneva Conventions and failed to deal with ineffective commanders below her.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2004-08-30-prisonerabuse-generals_x.htm (989 words)

	Newsvine - prisoner-abuse
		An influential federal panel of medical advisers has recommended that the government loosen regulations that severely limit the testing of pharmaceuticals on prison inmates, a practice that was all but stopped three decades ago after revelations of abuse.
		In the windowless, jet-fl garage-size room, some soldiers beat prisoners with rifle butts, yelled and spit in their faces and, in a nearby area, used detainees for target practice in a game of jailer paintball.
		Saying that abuse of detainees by U.S. forces stems from policy decisions made by senior military and civilian officials, the ACLU said the closure of Abu Ghraib prison will not end widespread and systemic abuse.
	www.newsvine.com /prisoner-abuse (522 words)

	Abu Ghurayb Prison - Iraq Security Organization Facilities
		The suspected abuse took place at a prison (Abu Ghraib) outside Baghdad, which was a notorious penitentiary during the rule of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
		He was charged with conspiracy to maltreat subordinates (detainees); dereliction of duty for willfully failing to protect detainees from abuse, cruelty and maltreatment; maltreatment of detainees; assaulting detainees, and providing a false official statement to a criminal investigator, and assaulting detainees.
		On Aug. 11 2004, Specialist Megan Ambuhl was arraigned on charges related to prisoner abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
	www.globalsecurity.org /intell/world/iraq/abu-ghurayb-prison-abuse.htm (2176 words)

	Guards describe Guantanamo prisoner abuse
		"Examples of this abuse included hitting detainees, denying them water, and removal of privileges for no reason," the Marine Corps sergeant stated in a sworn affidavit sent to the Pentagon's inspector general's office for investigation.
		U.S. Navy Cmdr. Robert Durand, a spokesman for the military task force running the Guantanamo facility, said: "The mission of the Joint Task Force is the safe and humane care and custody of detained enemy combatants.
		Wells Dixon, a lawyer representing four current Guantanamo detainees, said the latest account of abuse reflected a complete breakdown in the chain of command at Guantanamo and a lack of accountability by senior military officials there.
	www.prisonplanet.com /articles/October2006/071006abuse.htm (559 words)

	The November Coalition: Stop Prisoner Abuse!
		Nguyen Ngoc Loan's execution of a Viet Cong prisoner in Saigon became one of the most chilling images of the Vietnam War.
		"He got 10 years in prison for something he was told to do," she said.
		Charles Graner was sentenced January 14, 2005 for his role in the now-infamous Abu Ghraib Iraqi prison atrocities.
	www.november.org /abuse (400 words)

	Online NewsHour: Iraqi Prisoner Abuse -- May 4, 2004
		At the Pentagon this afternoon, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said the military's first investigation was launched the day after the abuses were reported, a press release on the allegations was issued in mid-January, and six investigations either are completed or ongoing.
		And the fact that it happens, notwithstanding the fact that it's against everything that they're taught, against everything that we believe, it's also against anything that any individual on their own ought to believe is right.
		But this type of abuse, we were told by our briefers, was not similar to the other types, which we were informed about, at least numerically.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/military/jan-june04/abuse1_05-04.html (2911 words)

	94 cases of alleged prisoner abuse found - Iraq Abuse Scandal - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		WASHINGTON - Thirty-nine prisoners have died in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan since the fall of 2001 and there have been 94 cases of proven or suspected abuse, the Army said Thursday in a broad new report giving a more precise and higher estimate of the scale of the abuse.
		Civilian interrogators working on an Army contract were accused of mistreating prisoners in two separate incidents, including pouring water on the head of a prisoner forced into an uncomfortable “stress position.” The interrogators’ employer, CACI International Inc., plans to investigate further, spokeswoman Jodi Brown said Thursday.
		The soldiers accused in the Abu Ghraib abuse have said they were told or encouraged by military intelligence personnel to soften the prisoners up for questioning by humiliating or beating them.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5487793 (1106 words)

	Photo Timeline: Prisoner Abuse in Iraq
		May 1: Reports of prisoner abuse by British troops are published in London.
		Lynndie England, shown in photographs smiling and pointing at naked Iraqi prisoners, is charged by the military for assaulting and conspiring to mistreat detainees.
		CIA investigations: The agency's inspector general is undertaking two probes into abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, including one investigation into a prisoner's death.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2004/05/06/iraqabusepix.DTL (1081 words)

	USATODAY.com - Furor over abuse expands at home and abroad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		WASHINGTON — Hoping to curb fallout over the abuse of Iraqi prisoners, President Bush will conduct interviews with two Arab networks Wednesday to tell the Arab world that the abuses are "shameless and unacceptable," a White House official said.
		The move comes as the Army investigates the deaths of 10 prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan and has declared two others homicides as part of a growing probe of abuse by military prison guards.
		Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Tuesday he is expanding investigations of prisoner abuse to include alleged incidents at bases in Cuba and the USA.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2004-05-03-us-prisoners_x.htm (672 words)

	Stop Prisoner Abuse-Torture-Murder in American Prisons Petition
		WHEREAS: On 21 January 2005 a U.S./Alabama prisoner (Charles Agee, 47) was brutally beaten to death by prison guards at Donaldson prison.
		In Alabama prisons, bogus charges made up by prison officials, and then prisoners are locked away in isolation chambers where other prisoners cannot view the real torture and abuses a prisoner is subjected to by prison guards.
		That the abuse, torture and murder of American Prisoners be brought in the forefront for the American public to be made aware of these atrocities.
	www.petitiononline.com /swiney12/petition.html (853 words)

	Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Fred Kaplan explains in Slate how the prisoner abuse scandal is just getting started.
		Use of dogs to scare prisoners was approved by military intelligence
		Red Cross warned of prisoner abuses as early as 2003
	www.orlandoreport.com /news/abuse_scandal.htm (409 words)

	Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse images - Wikimedia Commons
		Pictures taken by U.S. military personnel on duty are ineligible for copyright, unless the photographer successfully claims that the photographs were not taken as part of his or her official duties.
		The photographers of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse photos have not made this claim, and have in fact denied it under oath.
		Lynndie Rana England and naked Iraqi prisoner in Abu Ghraib prison.
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Abu_Ghraib_prisoner_abuse_images (206 words)

	Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The U.S. Administration and its defenders argued that the abuses were isolated acts committed by low-ranking personnel, while critics claimed that authorities either ordered or implicitly condoned the abuses and demanded the resignation of senior Bush administration officials.
		The abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib was in part the reason that on April 12 2006, the United States Army activated the 201st Military Intelligence Battalion, the first of four joint interrogation battalions.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abu_Ghraib_prisoner_abuse (7665 words)

	Don Singleton: Prisoner abuse (in Chicago)
		During the 15 years Sheahan’s run Cook County Jail, there have been numerous reports by rights groups, attorneys, and a grand jury documenting systematic prisoner abuse there, including rapes and beatings by guards.
		In a Chicago Tribune op-ed, MacArthur attorney Jean Maclean Snyder gave readers this graphic example of prisoner abuse at Cook County Jail:
		A jail investigator determined that the guards' misconduct was covered up by Cook County medical personnel, who filed false reports and refused or delayed treatment to the prisoners, and by the Cook County inspector general, who refused to cooperate with the investigation.
	donsingleton.blogspot.com /2005/06/prisoner-abuse-in-chicago.html (514 words)

	Iraq Prisoner Abuse, Geneva Conventions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		But in addition to the imposition of individual accountability, under the Geneva Conventions it is the United States as a nation that bears ultimate responsibility for abuses inflicted on persons in its custody.
		Failing to intervene was itself tantamount to disobeying lawful orders, because it was considered the defendant’s duty to protect the prisoners from abuse and he failed to do his duty.
		Questions rightly have been raised about the training of detention personnel, and the abuses have raised additional systemic questions about the role of reservists and civilian contractors.
	www.cdi.org /news/law/defense-monitor-prisoner-abuse.cfm (514 words)

	New Iraqi prisoner abuse allegations surface
		American soldiers tortured Iraqi prisoners by strangling them, beating them and placing lit cigarettes in their ears, even after the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal came to light in April 2004, according to new allegations.
		The documents, mainly e-mails written by FBI agents to superiors in Washington, were released as part of a lawsuit that alleges U.S. government complicity in the abuse of Iraqi and Afghan prisoners.
		The studies said the abuses had been committed by individual soldiers, without the knowledge of high officials such as U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, or the president.
	www.cbc.ca /world/story/2004/12/21/prisoner-abuse041221.html (1474 words)

	Opinion: Stand against prisoner abuse
		Another prisoner abuse scandal is coming to light that has all the earmarks of another Abu Ghraib.
		One would direct the military to conduct all prisoner interrogations according to the Army Field Manual, which adopts the standards of the Geneva Conventions.
		America's moral authority is being eroded by continuing revelations of prisoner abuse.
	www.sptimes.com /2005/10/06/Opinion/Stand_against_prisone.shtml (415 words)

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