tagged w/ iraqi torture
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The Wikileaks war logs reveal assault and systematic torture of prisoners at the hands of Iraqi soldiers – all with the tacit permission of coalition forces. According to the documents, coalition forces were specifically ordered under Fragmentary Order 242 not to investigate any breach of the laws of armed conflict, such as the abuse of detainees, unless it directly involves members of the coalition.The Wikileaks war logs reveal assault and systematic torture of prisoners at the hands... more
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Fresh evidence that US soldiers handed over detainees to a notorious Iraqi torture squad has emerged in army logs published by WikiLeaks. The 400,000 field reports published by the whistleblowing website contain an official account of deliberate threats by a military interrogator to turn his captive over to the so-called Iraqi "Wolf Brigade". The interrogator told the prisoner in explicit terms that: "He would be subject to all the pain and agony that the Wolf battalion is known to exact upon its detainees."Fresh evidence that US soldiers handed over detainees to a notorious Iraqi torture... more
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In Iraq, relatives of six detainees from Anbar province were planning a homecoming this past week. Instead, they spent the end of the week holding funerals and calling on the Iraqi government to account for their deaths.
Iraqi government officials say the men suffocated while being transported between detention facilities in sealed vehicles. Relatives say they arrived back in Anbar in coffins, their bodies bearing bruises and burn marks from electric shocks.In Iraq, relatives of six detainees from Anbar province were planning a homecoming... more
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This past week the Center for Constitutional Rights and its co-counsel asked the Supreme Court to take up the case against CACI and L-3 Services (known formerly as Titan). The two corporations’ employees participated in the infamous torture of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib.This past week the Center for Constitutional Rights and its co-counsel asked the... more
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Human Rights Watch says that torture, beating and sodomizing inmates with brooms or pistol barrels were the norm at an illegal prison run by a military unit under the command of the Iraqi prime minister's office.Human Rights Watch says that torture, beating and sodomizing inmates with brooms or... more
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According to Iraqi officials, hundreds of Sunni men disappeared for months into a secret Baghdad prison under the jurisdiction of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's military office, where many were routinely tortured.According to Iraqi officials, hundreds of Sunni men disappeared for months into a... more
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