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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 the military's highest court Wednesday.
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.
Lawyers for a former Army dog handler convicted of abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq told the U.S. military's highest court Thursday that he was only following orders when he let his dog bark and lunge at prisoners.
As the U.S. military prepares to hand over the remnants of its detention system to the Iraqi government next year, it is training Iraqi wardens and guards to ensure that changes it made after the Abu Ghraib scandal remain in place.
The U.S. military's highest court has scheduled oral arguments next month on two appeals stemming from the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
A member of a commission investigating wartime spending says photos of private security guards in various stages of nudity at parties flowing with alcohol may be as damaging to U.S. interests in Afghanistan as images of detainee mistreatment at Abu Ghraib were in Iraq.
Photos showing private security guards in various stages of nudity at drunken parties may be as damaging to U.S. interests in Afghanistan as images of detainee mistreatment at Abu Ghraib were in Iraq, members of an independent panel investigating wartime spending said Monday.
A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit claiming contractors for defense firm CACI International Inc. abused detainees at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
American Marines shot and wounded an Iraqi man in the former flashpoint city of Fallujah believing he was throwing a grenade at them, the U.S. military said Thursday — but local police and witnesses said the object was only the man's slipper.
The biographer for a former Army reservist involved in the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal says the soldier's agent should stop using a Web site designed to promote the book and instead build his own "to promote Lynndie England, 'the celebrity.'"
A lecture by the woman who became the public face of the Abu Ghraib scandal was canceled Friday at the Library of Congress after threats led to concerns about staff safety.
Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday he wishes he could "do some things over" from his years with the Bush administration, citing a memo he wrote that human rights groups contended led to the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq.
Iran expanded a mass trial of opposition supporters on Sunday with the addition of 25 defendants — including a Jewish teenager — in defiance of international condemnation, as France said Iran agreed to release a French woman held on spying charges from prison.
Iraqi officials outraged by the abuse of prisoners at the U.S.-run Abu Ghraib prison are trying to contain a scandal of their own as allegations continue to surface of mistreatment inside Iraqi jails.
More than two years since leaving her prison cell, the woman who became the grinning face of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal spends most of her days confined to the four walls of her home.
Prosecutors in New Jersey are reviewing dozens of cases handled by a defense attorney charged this week in a federal indictment for allegedly plotting to murder prosecution witnesses.
An Army Reserve brigadier general demoted because of prisoner abuses at the Abu Ghraib facility in Iraq says a new Senate report supports claims that uniformed military people were made "scapegoats" for Bush administration prisoner interrogation policies.
CACI International Inc. criticized a judge's refusal to dismiss a lawsuit by alleged torture victims at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, vowing to "pursue all of its legal alternatives to defend itself and vindicate the company's good name."
A federal judge rejected a defense contractor's claims that it was immune from lawsuits by four alleged torture victims at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Kurdish rebels on Tuesday rejected calls by Iraq's president to stop fighting against Turkey and leave Iraqi territory as the visiting Turkish president stepped up pressure on the Baghdad government to act against the group.
A gym, barber shop and planters of plastic flowers: Welcome to the gentler face of the infamous Abu Ghraib prison.
The former general who investigated abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison is joining an ex-FBI director and others in seeking a presidential commission to investigate the Bush administration's treatment of terror detainees.
Two U.S. helicopters crashed Monday in northern Iraq, killing four American troops in the deadliest single loss of life for U.S. forces in more than four months.
Barack Obama's election as America's first black president unleashed a renewed love for the United States after years of dwindling goodwill, and many said Wednesday that U.S. voters had blazed a trail that minorities elsewhere could follow.
Defense contractor CACI (KA'-kee) claims it should be immune from lawsuits alleging torture at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, saying it was doing the U.S. government's work as a supplier of interrogators.
Obama Administration Blocks Release of Detainee Abuse PhotosDefense Secretary Robert Gates has blocked the public release of any more pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S.
Gitmo interrogations spark battle over tacticsSpeaking publicly for the first time, senior U.S. law enforcement investigators say they waged a long but futile battle inside the Pentagon to stop coercive and degrading treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. MSNBC.com's Bill Dedman reports.
The High Price of Abu Ghraib Truth for Sam ProvanceSam Provance discusses the effects on his life of his being truthful about the abuse at Abu Ghraib prison.
Peace Prize Winning Warmongerer Likely To Succeed In Suppressing Torture PhotosI sincerely hope the Liberals out there will wake up and start criticizing Barack Obama. After Code Pink's betrayal, I'm glad to see that the ACLU has stuck to its scruples and shown that justice does not bend for any party...
Abu Ghraib Dog Handler: 'Abuse Ordered'WASHINGTON -- Lawyers for a former Army dog handler convicted of abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq told the U.S. military's highest court Thursday that he was only following orders when he let his dog bark and lunge at prisoners.
Army dog handler appeals Abu Ghraib conviction - says, "I was following orders." Lawyers for a former Army dog handler convicted of abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq told the U.S. military's highest court Thursday that he was only following orders when he let his dog bark and lunge at prisoners.
Embassy Scandal: A New Abu Ghraib? Will ArmorGroup's embassy scandal inflame the Muslim world in the same way Abu Ghraib did? Members of the Commission on Wartime Contracting, the independent panel established to probe contracting issues in Iraq and Afghanistan, certainly see parallels between the infamous photogr …
Obama's About-Face Leads to Supreme CourtThis spring, the Justice Department decided it would not ask the Supreme Court to block the release of photographs showing the abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Prisoners riot at Iraq's Abu GhraibPrison officials said inmates were unhappy about conditions at the jail, which became known across the world as the site of U.S. soldiers' abuse and humiliation of Iraqi detainees after the ouster of Saddam Hussein in 2003.
CIA Doctors Face Human Experimentation Claims, Violation of Nuremberg CodeDoctors and psychologists the CIA employed to monitor its "enhanced interrogation" of terror suspects came close to, and may even have committed, unlawful human experimentation, a medical ethics watchdog has alleged.
Lecture From Abu Ghraib's Lynndie England Canceled Due to ThreatsWas this to be a "lecture", or a book promo? Why should Former Army reservist Lynndie England be allowed to promote her biography as part of a veterans forum on Capitol Hill? The book titled, "Tortured: Lynndie England, Abu Ghraib and the Photographs That Shocked the World." is …
Abu Ghraib lecture canceled after threatsOrganizers canceled a lecture at the Library of Congress by the woman who became a symbol of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal after threats caused concerns about staff safety.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iranian ex-MPs challenge KhameneiHoly cow! A direct challenge by ex-MP's to remove the Supreme Leader (not the system)! Probably won't happen, but is significant.
Matthew Alexander: How to Break A TerroristI have spent the whole day reading the testemony and watching interviews of Mr. Alexander. His demeanor is one of patience and a wisdom that radiates.
First, Do Harm Doctors were involved with torture from the start. Can the medical profession redeem itself?
Iraq Scandal Haunts Lynndie England Former Army reservist Lynndie England hasn't landed a job in numerous tries: When one restaurant manager considered hiring her, other employees threatened to quit.
WHORES ON TERROR: Never mind the waterboarding, here's the sodomyI don't want to come off as minimizing the horror of controlled drowning. It's just that there's something about forcible anal rape that brings the torture issue into sharp focus.
Abu Ghraib scandal haunts W.Va. reservistMore than two years since leaving her prison cell, the woman who became the grinning face of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal spends most of her days confined to the four walls of her home.
The CIA **CRUCIFIED** A Prisoner At Abu Ghraib. No criminal charges have ever been brought against any C.I.A. officer involved in the torture program, despite the fact that at least three prisoners interrogated by agency personnel died as the result of mistreatment. In the first case, an unnamed detainee under C.I.A.
CIA Crucified captive in Abu Ghraib PrisonThe Central Intelligence Agency crucified a prisoner in Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, according to a report published in The New Yorker magazine.
Release of Prisoner Abuse Photos Part of Agreement on Military Spending Congressional negotiators reached tentative agreement on Thursday on a $105.9 billion spending measure that would provide money for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through September but would drop a ban on the release of photographs showing abuse of foreign prisoners …
Discussing the merits of torture is a distraction. Lest we forget, let me remind you what the crime is: It's wilfully inflicting pain on a person in your power. I find that talking of the “purpose" of torture invariably starts a process of evaluation.
Former Commander in Iraq under Bush calls for Truth CommissionFrom the article: (CNN) -- The former commander of U.S. forces in Iraq who retired over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal is calling for a truth commission to investigate Bush-era policies behind the abuse and controversial interrogations of detainees.
Taguba Denies He's Seen 44 Abuse Photos Suppressed by Obama: Abuse Taguba Saw Was in Other PhotographsRetired Army General Taguba states that the abuse he referred to was in different photographs that "the 44 photographs that are the subject of an ongoing ACLU lawsuit that Obama is fighting."
Human Rights Watch is Calling for an Inquiry Into Abu Ghraib "Rape" PhotographsHuman Rights Watch is calling "for a full inquiry into allegations of rape and sexual abuse at Abu Ghraib prison."
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