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The dogs of war

16 July 2004   

 

The dogs of war

From a pdf on the Washington Post's site: "I saw the translator Abu Hamid, fucking a kid. His age would have been about 15 to 18 years. The kid was hurting very bad, and they covered all the doors with sheets. Then when I heard the screaming, I climbed to the door because on top it wasn't covered. And I saw Abu Hamid who was wearing a military uniform, putting his dick in the little kid's ass. I couldn't see the face of the kid because his face wasn't in front of the door. And the female soldier was taking pictures." [Via the metaFilter thread from yesterday: ]

This was reported on Minnesota Public Radio on March 21st. The introduction here. Apparently, this private contractor from the Titan Corporation has gotten away with it, he's not been prosecuted, he maybe exempt. Paul Bremer has let him go.

The UK's Independent newspaper has some (very small) coverage of the Seymor Hersh speech.

It seems from the MeFi thread that the CIA pulled out of Abu Ghraib as it was too bad. Then, when they left it turned worse.

Washington Post May 12th: SEN. BILL NELSON (D) Fla. said one poor-quality video appeared to show Iraqi prisoners about to be sodomized, although "it's not clear that the actual act of sodomy was being perpetrated on the videos that I've just seen."

From a NBC transcript on MSN some of the comments made by those who did see the unreleased video:
"RUMSFELD: There are other photos that depict incidents of physical violence towards prisoners, acts that can only be described as blatantly sadistic, cruel, and inhuman.
JIM MIKLASZEWSKI, NBC PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): U.S. military officials tell NBC News, the unreleased images, show American soldiers severely beating one Iraqi prisoner to near death; apparently, raping an Iraqi female prisoner; acting inappropriately with a dead body; and Iraqi guards apparently videotaped by U.S. soldiers raping young boys.
SEN. LINDSAY GRAHAM (R), SOUTH CAROLINA: We're talking about rape and murder here, we`re not just talking about giving people a humiliating experience, we're talking about rape and murder and some very serious charges.
MIKLASZEWSKI: Senator Carl Levin raised questions about one photo which appeared to show the abuse of prisoners may not be random, but part of routine operations.
SEN. CARL LEVIN (D), MICHIGAN: That the conduct we were witnessing and watching was not aberrant conduct of a few individuals, but part of an organized and conscious process to extract information.
 


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