I remember when George w. Caesar was President, and it came up about #AbuGhraib and American torture. And I think the White House Council office wrote an argument saying that what the United States was doing in Iraq or any of the black site torture facilities, wasn't torture. Because America doesn't torture people. Therefore everything we do, isn't torture. And they said it with a straight face.
More than 20 years since the revelations of #US torture at #AbuGhraib, three victims were awarded victory in a federal lawsuit against the military contractor complicit in their torture. Yet for most, justice remains elusive.
https://therealnews.com/abu-ghraib-survivors-are-still-fighting-for-justice
We're war criminals
Waterboarding for Jesus
Trump cabinet picks
#Haiku #USA #Guantanamo #AbuGhraib #Iraq #Syria #Egypt #Israel #MAGA #Politics #Geneva #PeaceTalks #Ukraine #Video #News #FoxNews #Today #Tuesday https://www.youtube.com/live/hnTWCz6xcr0?si=yD9v6-TJKaqBmDqi&t=2665
A grim reminder of the U.S. invasion of Iraq was the torture of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison. | NPR
@davetroy #JulianAssange was just a hired ‘middle man’ when #AbuGhraib torture, #DemocraticParty nomination rigging, and other ‘classified’ information was published by #Wikileaks.
Since #ElonMusk is the middle man in the #DOGE heist, there is no reason for Assange to be involved. I suspect #Russia to broadcast some info on #RT but keep other information secret for its own most ‘effective’ and nefarious uses.
#Resist to #SaveAmerica.
#DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol
US military contractor CACI to face retrial over allegations of torture at #Iraq prison
Tyler Li | U. Ottawa Faculty of Law, CA
June 15, 2024
"The case against #CACI is one of many legal actions against private military contractors accused of detainee abuse, including those against #TitanCorporation (later known as L-3 Services) and CACI for their roles in alleged abuse at #AbuGhraib, as well as against #Blackwater for incidents like the #NisourSquare massacre in #Baghdad. Many of these cases faced similar legal challenges, specifically dismissals based on national security concerns and the complexities of applying US law to actions taken in war zones."
#Iraqis Tortured at #AbuGhraib Win $42 Million Judgment Against U.S. Military Contractor #CACI
#DemocracyNow
November 14, 2024
"A federal jury in Virginia has ordered the U.S. military contractor CACI Premier Technology to pay a total of $42 million to three Iraqi men who were tortured at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison. The landmark verdict comes after 16 years of litigation and marks the first time a civilian contractor has been found legally responsible for the gruesome abuses at Abu Ghraib. We discuss the case and its significance for #HumanRights with Baher Azmy, the legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represented the Abu Ghraib survivors. 'This lawsuit has been about justice and accountability for three Iraqi men — our clients, Salah, Suhail and Asa’ad — who exhibited just awe-inspiring courage and resilience,' he says."
Watch (full transcript available later today):
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/14/baher_azmy_caci_guantanamo_lawsuit_torture
I didn't see this on The Guardian or the NYT. Thought it's worth spreading the news
https://thedissenter.org/jury-finds-us-military-contractor-caci-guilty-of-abu-ghraib-torture/
> What unfolded was a “rare instance” in the past 20 years since 9/11, “where torture survivors were heard and vindicated in a U.S. court."
Millionenentschädigung für drei Folteropfer aus Abu-Ghraib-Gefängnis
Fotos von gefolterten Häftlingen im Gefängnis Abu Ghraib im Irak sorgten vor rund 20 Jahren für Entsetzen. Elf US-Soldaten wurden seitdem verurteilt. Jetzt wurde drei früheren Häftlingen eine Millionenentschädigung zugesprochen.
Jury says defense contractor must pay $42 million over Abu Ghraib abuses - The Washington Post
https://archive.ph/tY1aM
This article is another example of how sometimes the title of a piece alone communicates precisely everything you need to know about an issue, in this case the reality that Israel is running illegal torture camps for Palestinian prisoners right out in the open - even if the Pig Empire media is curiously disinterested in talking about it:
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/israel-prison-torture
Where Is the Mass Outrage Over Israel’s Abu Ghraib?
"In recent days, it has become all too clear that something comparable to Abu Ghraib—and very possibly worse—has been taking place in Israeli prisons since October 7 when the war on Gaza broke out.
This week, appalling leaked video footage captured Israeli soldiers sexually assaulting a Palestinian detainee, just as a report from the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem highlighted the state’s policy of systematic prisoner abuse and torture since the start of the war.
The report, based on interviews with 55 Palestinians detained since the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on October 7, is distressing to read. It provides evidence of degrading treatment, arbitrary beatings, and sleep deprivation, as well as the “repeated use of sexual violence, in varying degrees of severity.”
As I've mentioned before while pursuing my own writing and research, I personally find the lack of mainstream reporting on Israeli atrocities against Palestinian prisoners (particularly at the notorious Sde Teiman prison) absolutely dumbfounding unless one simply accepts that it's clear evidence of the Pig Empire establishment's *active* attempts to cover up the crimes involved here on behalf of a MENA region ally; something that objectively runs counter to everything journalism is supposed to be about. What I hadn't considered however, was how much clearer the picture of an intentional cover up becomes when you compare the media response to these stories, and their reaction to the exposure of Iraq War-era abuses by American military personnel at the equally notorious Abu Ghraib prison just over two decades ago. In that context, the author's use of the term "omerta" to describe the intentional blanket of silence being placed over this story (and numerous other stories of Israeli human rights abuses just like it) is more than apt, and taken together makes it clear that the entire Pig Empire establishment, at both the state level and in for-profit media organizations, is actively complicit in those crimes in a very real, legally-defined sense of the word.
“Più orribile di #AbuGhraib”: l’avvocato Khaled Mahajneh racconta la visita al centro di detenzione israeliano di #SdeTeiman.
Ne avevo postato un riassunto qualche giorno fa, qui la versione completa in italiano.
Credo meriti di essere letto interamente.
#30giugno #Gaza #Palestine #WestBank #Israel #IsraeliOccupation #ApartheidIsrael #HumanRights #StopArmingIsrael #StopAlGenocidio
Persino i suoi amici hanno faticato a riconoscerlo all'inizio.
Assomigliava a un detenuto rilasciato da #Guantanamo Bay o da #AbuGhraib.
È un attivista politico di lungo corso che ha perso alcuni familiari nella lotta.
Sua figlia Ahed diventò un simbolo internazionale della resistenza palestinese a 14 anni dopo aver schiaffeggiato -che il cielo ci aiuti!- sua eccellenza un ufficiale dell'esercito israeliano, che ha il permesso di schiaffeggiare e persino di uccidere a suo piacimento.
Tamimi è stato spezzato.
Gli amici dicono che è in preda al panico, alla paura e allo shock dopo quello che ha subito nei famigerati bracci delle prigiono per detenuti di sicurezza che operano nello spirito di Itamar #BenGvir. 
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Abu Ghraib: Iraqi victims’ case against US contractor ends in mistrial | The Iraq War: 20 years on News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/2/abu-ghraib-iraqi-victims-case-against-us-contractor-ends-in-mistrial
"Three survivors sued the company CACI in civil court for abuses committed at the hands of US soldiers and contractors inside the prison."
Folterskandal - Dokumente der Erniedrigung aus Abu Ghraib
Vor 20 Jahren tauchten Fotos auf, die zeigen, wie US- Soldaten im Irak Häftlinge quälen und misshandeln .Es war ein Skandal, doch Urteile gab es nur wenige.#AbuGhraib #IRAN #Iran-Krieg #FOLTER
Abu-Ghraib-Folterskandal: Dokumente der Erniedrigung
Abu Ghraib survivors' continue to suffer from physical and mental scars - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0WJXAAD8uU
Incredible that it took so very long for a trail to happen.
Iraq: ‘Correct a black mark in US history’: former prisoners of Abu Ghraib get day in court against the US #interrogation contractor CACI https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2024/apr/14/abu-ghraib-iraq-torture-abuse #TORTURE #AbuGhraib #iraq
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