US acts after Iraq prisoner abuse

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U.S. Stops Abuse of Prisoner (but only
in Iraq)

U.S. Stops Abuse of Prisoner (but only
in Iraq) 05/15/2004 01:12 PM

NY Times: Top Commander Bars Coercive Tactics in Interrogation of Iraqis. Mr. Rumsfeld has said that the American military in Iraq was abiding by the Geneva Conventions, and that the mistreatment was the work of a terrible few. But at a Senate hearing on Thursday, Mr. Rumsfeld's deputy, Paul D. Wolfowitz, acknowledged that hooding prisoners or forcing them to crouch naked for 45 minutes — tactics available to interrogators with General Sanchez's approval under the old policy — was inhumane. The International Red Cross had warned American officials for months that Iraqi prisoners were being abused in American-run prisons.

A good shift in policy. But as the Times also reporte d recently, it's abuse-as-usual in U.S. jails. When will that change?

U.S. Army Reprimands Six for Iraq
Prisoner Abuse

U.S. Army Reprimands Six for Iraq
Prisoner Abuse 05/03/2004 06:34 AM
Reuters via Wired News May 3 2004 10:56AM GMT

Mandela denounces Iraq prisoner abuse

Mandela denounces Iraq prisoner abuse 05/10/2004 10:02 AM

ABCNEWS.com : More Iraq Prisoner Abuse
Photos Surface

ABCNEWS.com : More Iraq Prisoner Abuse
Photos Surface 05/20/2004 04:16 AM
ABCNEWS.com : More Iraq Prisoner Abuse Photos Surface .. Mission Accomplished? .. ABC News .. foto

abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/Investigation/abu_ghraib_photos_040 519.html
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U.S. Soldier to Face Judgment on Iraq
Prisoner Abuse

U.S. Soldier to Face Judgment on Iraq
Prisoner Abuse 05/19/2004 01:35 AM
Reuters via Wired News May 19 2004 5:51AM GMT

Bush Calls Iraq Prisoner Abuse
Wrongdoing of a Few

Bush Calls Iraq Prisoner Abuse
Wrongdoing of a Few 05/08/2004 04:05 PM
Reuters via Wired News May 8 2004 7:37PM GMT

U.S. Army Reprimands Six for Iraq
Prisoner Abuse (Reuters)

U.S. Army Reprimands Six for Iraq
Prisoner Abuse (Reuters) 05/03/2004 05:27 AM
Reuters - The U.S. military has reprimanded six senior commissioned and non-commissioned officers in connection with the abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad, a senior U.S. military official said on Monday.

Bush: Iraq Prisoner Abuse Is 'Wrongdoing
of a Few'

Bush: Iraq Prisoner Abuse Is 'Wrongdoing
of a Few' 05/08/2004 01:20 PM
Reuters via Wired News May 8 2004 4:40PM GMT

Iraq Jail Chief Says Prisoner Abuse
Covered Up (Reuters)

Iraq Jail Chief Says Prisoner Abuse
Covered Up (Reuters) 08/03/2004 09:08 AM
Reuters - The U.S. general formerly in charge of Baghdad's notorious Abu Ghraib prison said on Tuesday abuse of Iraqi captives was hidden from her in a cover-up that may reach all the way to the Pentagon or White House.

Bush Calls Iraq Prisoner Abuse
Wrongdoing of a Few (Reuters)

Bush Calls Iraq Prisoner Abuse
Wrongdoing of a Few (Reuters) 05/08/2004 02:36 PM
Reuters - President Bush sought on Saturday to quell worldwide outrage over the abuse and humiliation of Iraqi prisoners by the U.S. military, calling the acts the "wrongdoing of a few."

Bush to Speak to Arab TV on Iraq
Prisoner Abuse (Reuters)

Bush to Speak to Arab TV on Iraq
Prisoner Abuse (Reuters) 05/04/2004 10:36 PM
Reuters - President Bush will seek to stem growing Arab outrage over the abuse of Iraqi detainees in interviews with two Arab television networks on Wednesday, a White House spokesman said.

U.S. Soldier to Face Judgment on Iraq
Prisoner Abuse (Reuters)

U.S. Soldier to Face Judgment on Iraq
Prisoner Abuse (Reuters) 05/18/2004 08:52 PM
Reuters - U.S. military policeman Specialist Jeremy Sivits faces a court martial on Wednesday on charges of abusing Iraqi prisoners, the first in a series of trials that could shake President Bush's administration.

CNN.com - Soldier sentenced to 1 year in
Iraq prisoner abuse - May 19, 2004

CNN.com - Soldier sentenced to 1 year in
Iraq prisoner abuse - May 19, 2004 05/20/2004 02:26 AM
CNN.com - Soldier sentenced to 1 year in Iraq prisoner abuse - May 19, 2004 .. Plea deal possible in first prison abuse court-martial .. ˆ

cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/19/court.martial.sivits/index.html
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First Soldier Pleads Guilty in Iraq
Prisoner-Abuse Case

First Soldier Pleads Guilty in Iraq
Prisoner-Abuse Case 05/19/2004 02:48 PM
The soldier was sentenced to the maximum one year in prison, reduction in rank and a bad-conduct discharge.

Army Finds 94 Cases of Iraq, Afghan
Prisoner Abuse (Reuters)

Army Finds 94 Cases of Iraq, Afghan
Prisoner Abuse (Reuters) 07/22/2004 06:49 PM
Reuters - A long-awaited Army report on Thursday found 94 cases of abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan but blamed "a few individuals" and not the military leadership -- a finding Senate Democrats called hard to believe.

CACI Internal Probe Finds No Iraq
Prisoner Abuse (Reuters)

CACI Internal Probe Finds No Iraq
Prisoner Abuse (Reuters) 08/12/2004 01:00 PM
Reuters - CACI International Inc., which was named in a report about the possible abuse of prisoners in Iraq, on Thursday said that its own investigation into the matter has not shown any evidence of abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison.

Prisoner Abuse Probe Widened

Prisoner Abuse Probe Widened 05/03/2004 06:54 AM
atrocities committed

washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59750-2004May1.html
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Bush 'sorry' for prisoner abuse

Bush 'sorry' for prisoner abuse 05/06/2004 02:43 PM
For the first time President Bush apologises for the abuse inflicted on Iraqi prisoners by US troops.

Prisoner Abuse in Afghanistan
Investigated (AP)

Prisoner Abuse in Afghanistan
Investigated (AP) 07/03/2004 07:00 AM
AP - The U.S. military is investigating a new allegation of prisoner abuse in Afghanistan, a spokesman said Saturday, adding to concern about its secretive jails, where several inmates have died.

More Afghan Prisoner Abuse Investigated
(AP)

More Afghan Prisoner Abuse Investigated
(AP) 07/03/2004 12:06 PM
AP - The U.S. military is investigating a new allegation of prisoner abuse in Afghanistan, a spokesman said Saturday, adding to concern about its secretive jails, where several inmates have died.

Bush to go on Arab TV over prisoner
abuse

Bush to go on Arab TV over prisoner
abuse 05/05/2004 11:25 AM

"Still More Pictures of Iraqi Prisoner
Abuse"

"Still More Pictures of Iraqi Prisoner
Abuse" 05/22/2004 02:19 AM

Bush to Go on Arab TV Over Prisoner
Abuse (AP)

Bush to Go on Arab TV Over Prisoner
Abuse (AP) 05/05/2004 02:54 AM
AP - Trying to contain an increasingly damaging controversy, President Bush planned two interviews with Arab television to underscore his aversion to photographs of naked detainees and gloating U.S. soldiers at a prison in Iraq.

Rumsfeld: Prisoner abuse 'un-American'

Rumsfeld: Prisoner abuse 'un-American' 05/04/2004 03:24 PM

The prisoner-abuse scandal at home

The prisoner-abuse scandal at home 05/19/2004 07:41 AM
The stories sound familiar: Muslim prisoners beaten and sexually humiliated by American guards. But it happened in Brooklyn, not Baghdad.

U.S. Reports 94 Cases of Prisoner Abuse
(AP)

U.S. Reports 94 Cases of Prisoner Abuse
(AP) 07/22/2004 11:14 AM
AP - The U.S. military has found 94 cases of confirmed or alleged abuse of prisoners by U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan since the fall of 2001, the Army's inspector general said Thursday in a long-awaited report made public at a hastily called Senate hearing.

U.S. reports 94 cases of prisoner abuse

U.S. reports 94 cases of prisoner abuse 07/22/2004 12:53 PM

Red Cross Said It Warned of Prisoner
Abuse (AP)

Red Cross Said It Warned of Prisoner
Abuse (AP) 05/07/2004 10:27 AM
AP - The international Red Cross said Friday it had warned U.S. officials of abuse of prisoners in Iraq more than a year ago.

Iraqi Prisoner Details Abuse by
Americans (AP)

Iraqi Prisoner Details Abuse by
Americans (AP) 05/02/2004 06:16 PM
AP - Dhia al-Shweiri spent several stints in Baghdad's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, twice under Saddam Hussein's rule and once under American. He prefers Saddam's torture to the humiliation of being stripped naked by his American guards, he said Sunday in an interview with The Associated Press.

Top U.S. General Tries to Calm Furor
Over Prisoner Abuse

Top U.S. General Tries to Calm Furor
Over Prisoner Abuse 05/02/2004 04:46 PM
While Gen. Richard B. Myers deplored the abuse as "appalling," he could not absolutely assert that it was the end of the problem.

Prisoner Abuse Probe Widened
(washingtonpost.com)

Prisoner Abuse Probe Widened
(washingtonpost.com) 05/01/2004 11:01 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, May 1 -- The deputy commander of the U.S. Army's intelligence force is leading an investigation into interrogation practices at an Army-run prison where Iraqi detainees were allegedly beaten and sexually abused, officials announced Saturday. The move came amid allegations that military guards abused prisoners at the behest of military intelligence operatives.

U.S. Army report on Iraqi prisoner abuse

U.S. Army report on Iraqi prisoner abuse 05/05/2004 08:10 AM

U.S. Army report on Iraqi prisoner abuse

Complete text of Article 15-6 Investigation of the 800th Military Police Brigade by Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba

[...]

6. (S) I find that the intentional abuse of detainees by military police personnel included the following acts:

a. (S) Punching, slapping, and kicking detainees; jumping on their naked feet;

b. (S) Videotaping and photographing naked male and female detainees;

c. (S) Forcibly arranging detainees in various sexually explicit positions for photographing;

d. (S) Forcing detainees to remove their clothing and keeping them naked for several days at a time;

e. (S) Forcing naked male detainees to wear women’s underwear;

f. (S) Forcing groups of male detainees to masturbate themselves while being photographed and videotaped;

g. (S) Arranging naked male detainees in a pile and then jumping on them;

h. (S) Positioning a naked detainee on a MRE Box, with a sandbag on his head, and attaching wires to his fingers, toes, and penis to simulate electric torture;

i. (S) Writing “I am a Rapest” (sic) on the leg of a detainee alleged to have forcibly raped a 15-year old fellow detainee, and then photographing him naked;

j. (S) Placing a dog chain or strap around a naked detainee’s neck and having a female Soldier pose for a picture;

k. (S) A male MP guard having sex with a female detainee;

l. (S) Using military working dogs (without muzzles) to intimidate and frighten detainees, and in at least one case biting and severely injuring a detainee;

m. (S) Taking photographs of dead Iraqi detainees.

[...]

8. (U) In addition, several detainees also described the following acts of abuse, which under the circumstances, I find credible based on the clarity of their statements and supporting evidence provided by other witnesses (ANNEX 26):

a. (U) Breaking chemical lights and pouring the phosphoric liquid on detainees;

b. (U) Threatening detainees with a charged 9mm pistol;

c. (U) Pouring cold water on naked detainees;

d. (U) Beating detainees with a broom handle and a chair;

e. (U) Threatening male detainees with rape;

f. (U) Allowing a military police guard to stitch the wound of a detainee who was injured after being slammed against the wall in his cell;

g. (U) Sodomizing a detainee with a chemical light and perhaps a broom stick.

h. (U) Using military working dogs to frighten and intimidate detainees with threats of attack, and in one instance actually biting a detainee.

via Cryptome

And on a related note...

David Weinberger

Aw, shoot, now torture may not be worth the paperwork

Associated Press

...the new head of the prison, Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller... said that some interrogation techniques, such as sleep deprivation or stressful positions, will require a commander's approval.

Excuse me, but we are ok with torturing prisoners so long as it doesn't leave any marks?

Soldier Pleads Guilty to Prisoner Abuse
(AP)

Soldier Pleads Guilty to Prisoner Abuse
(AP) 09/11/2004 08:58 AM
AP - A U.S. Army specialist pleaded guilty Saturday to abusing inmates at Abu Ghraib prison, the first Military Intelligence soldier to stand trial in the scandal that has so far focused on prison guard reservists.

AP: Videos Show Guantanamo Prisoner
Abuse (AP)

AP: Videos Show Guantanamo Prisoner
Abuse (AP) 02/01/2005 08:25 PM
AP - Videotapes of riot squads subduing troublesome terror suspects at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay show the guards punching some detainees, tying one to a gurney for questioning and forcing a dozen to strip from the waist down, according to a secret report. One squad was all-female, traumatizing some Muslim prisoners.

Army finds 94 cases of prisoner abuse

Army finds 94 cases of prisoner abuse 07/22/2004 11:40 AM

Senate to Quiz Rumsfeld on Prisoner
Abuse (AP)

Senate to Quiz Rumsfeld on Prisoner
Abuse (AP) 05/06/2004 07:20 AM
AP - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Friday to discuss the abuse of prisoners in Iraq. Meanwhile, the number of prisoner deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan under U.S. criminal investigation or already blamed on Americans rose to as many as 14. And new focus was put on the question of possible deeper problems within the military police unit running the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

Red Cross Sought Action on Prisoner
Abuse (AP)

Red Cross Sought Action on Prisoner
Abuse (AP) 05/06/2004 07:20 AM
AP - The international Red Cross said Thursday that it had repeatedly asked U.S. authorities to take action over alleged prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison before recent revelations about the way detainees were treated.

Red Cross sought action on prisoner
abuse

Red Cross sought action on prisoner
abuse 05/06/2004 08:35 AM

"U.S. Army report on Iraqi prisoner
abuse"

"U.S. Army report on Iraqi prisoner
abuse" 05/12/2004 09:37 AM

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