Possible evidence for Hersh’s claims of child sexual abuse at Abu Ghraib
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Evidence for Hersh's claims of child
sexual abuse at Abu Ghraib?
Evidence for Hersh's claims of child
sexual abuse at Abu Ghraib?
07/20/2004 02:23 PMFollowing up on
this BoingBoing post about allegations by journalist Seymour Hersh
of rape and sexual abuse of minors at Abu Ghraib prison Iraq -- there
appears to be evidence for those claims in supporting statements that
accompany the Taguba Report.
What most of us have seen of the report are excerpts from the 50-page
summary. In fact, there are well over 6,000 pages in the report
itself, including statements by and interviews with witnesses. Among
them, testimony from an Iraqi prisoner that would appear to
substantiate Seymour Hersh's claims that boys were sodomized at Abu
Ghraib. Maj. Gen. Taguba evidently found these statements credible --
they supported statements from interviews with soldiers and other
witnesses.
At the end of this post are links to digital copies of two documents
from the Taguba report, hosted on the Washington Post website.
Is it possible that they document the exact incidents to which Hersh
referred? Excerpt from statement provided by Kasim Mehaddi Hilas,
Detainee #151108, on January 18 2004:
I saw [name deleted] fucking a kid, his age would be about 15 - 18
years. The kid was hurting very bad and they covered all the doors
with sheets. Then when I heard the screaming I climbed the door
because on top it wasn't covered and I saw [name deleted] who was
wearing the 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. [name deleted],
I think he is [deleted] because of his accent, and he was not skinny
or short, and he acted like a homosexual (gay). And that was in cell
#23 as best as I remember.
Another testimony alleging abuse of minors from a statement provided
by Thaar Salman Dawod, Detainee #150427, on January 17, 2004:
I saw lots of people getting naked for a few days getting punished in
the first days of Ramadan. They came with two boys naked and they were
cuffed together face to face and Grainer was beating them and a group
of guards were watching and taking pictures from top and bottom and
there was three female soldiers laughing at the prisoners. The
prisoners, two of them, were young. I don't know their names.
Here's a update (sub
required) on Capitol Hill plans for hearings on new (and as-yet
unreleased) material documenting torture at Abu Ghraib. And there's
this snip from
a CBS interview with "leash girl" Pfc. Lynndie England, the guard
seen grinning and pointing at Iraqi prisoners in the infamous photos:
When England was asked if there were other things that happened at Abu
Ghraib, things that were not photographed, she said, "Yes." When asked
if there were worse things that happened, she said "Yes," but would
not elaborate.
Link to first PDF,
Link to second PDF. (
Thank you, Mark)
a Pentagon spokesman said Monday that
1,200 unreleased images of abuse at Abu
Ghraib included "inappropriate behavior
of a sexual nature."
a Pentagon spokesman said Monday that
1,200 unreleased images of abuse at Abu
Ghraib included "inappropriate behavior
of a sexual nature."
05/12/2004 01:30 AMFemale Iraqi prisoners report sexual abuse, face ostracism, shame upon
release .. raped by U.S. soldiers ..
LATimes
latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/la-fg-stigma11may11,1,6627
518.story?coll=la-home-headlines
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RSS Abuse: What’s fair use and
what’s abuse. (or Skweezer gets it
wrong). - The Jason Calacanis Webl0g -
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RSS Abuse: What’s fair use and
what’s abuse. (or Skweezer gets it
wrong). - The Jason Calacanis Webl0g -
calacanis.webl0gsinc.com
01/02/2005 01:59 PMInteresting discussion about Skweezer and RSS abuse ..
WeblogsInc
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Hersh: Children sodomized at Abu Ghraib,
on tape
Hersh: Children sodomized at Abu Ghraib,
on tape
07/15/2004 01:45 PMKids sodomized at Abu Ghraib - Hersh has
seen the videos
Kids sodomized at Abu Ghraib - Hersh has
seen the videos
07/15/2004 03:51 PMsodomized .. Daily Kos
dailykos.com/story/2004/7/14/193750/666
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Hersh: children raped at Abu Ghraib,
Pentagon has videos
Hersh: children raped at Abu Ghraib,
Pentagon has videos
07/15/2004 03:36 PMFrom Daily Kos' partial transcript of a video (
link to
stream) of
Seymour
Hersh speaking at an ACLU event. According to this transcript,
Hersh says the US government has videotapes of children being raped at
Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
"The boys were sodomized with the cameras rolling. The
worst about all of them is the soundtrack of the boys shrieking that
your government has. They are in total terror it's going to come
out... a massive amount of criminal wrongdoing was covered up at the
highest command out there, and higher."
Link
(
via Warren).
There's also a piece worth reading in this week's
Newsweek
about new allegations of rape and sexual torture at Abu Ghraib.
Feature includes details on the identities of the Iraqi prisoners
shown in those widely-circulated photographs -- including Satar Jabar
(charged with carjacking, not terrorism), whose iconic hooded figure
with wires attached is derisively described by many Iraqis as the
"Statue of Liberty."
Link"Seymour Hersh says ' Kids sodomized at
Abu Ghraib, Pentagon has the videos'"
"Seymour Hersh says ' Kids sodomized at
Abu Ghraib, Pentagon has the videos'"
07/16/2004 03:18 PMSeymour Hersh on Abu Ghraib: "horrible
things done to children of women
prisoners, as the cameras run."
Seymour Hersh on Abu Ghraib: "horrible
things done to children of women
prisoners, as the cameras run."
06/11/2004 02:47 PMBrad DeLong posted an email message he received from someone who saw
Seymour Hersh speak at the University of Chicago a couple of nights
ago.
[Hersh] said that after he broke Abu Ghraib people are
coming out of the woodwork to tell him this stuff. He said he had seen
all the Abu Ghraib pictures. He said, "You haven't begun to see
evil..." then trailed off. He said, "horrible things done to children
of women prisoners, as the cameras run."
He looked frightened.
LinkBoing Boing: Hersh: children raped at
Abu Ghraib, Pentagon has videos
Boing Boing: Hersh: children raped at
Abu Ghraib, Pentagon has videos
07/16/2004 11:53 AMHersh: children raped at Abu Ghraib, US government has videos .. the
enemy is a lot closer to home .. he's been
speaking
boingboing.net/2004/07/15/hersh_children_raped.html
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When will the U.S. military tackle the
problem of sexual abuse?
When will the U.S. military tackle the
problem of sexual abuse?
05/18/2004 07:31 AMAccording to a Pentagon-ordered report, sexual violence against female
soldiers is rampant -- and not nearly enough is being done to stop it.
U.S. Victims of Priest Sexual Abuse Fear
Waffling
U.S. Victims of Priest Sexual Abuse Fear
Waffling
06/15/2004 09:24 PMReuters via Wired News Jun 16 2004 1:52AM GMT
Church Leaders Rarely Mention Sexual
Abuse (AP)
Church Leaders Rarely Mention Sexual
Abuse (AP)
04/05/2005 04:28 AMAP - Three years ago Pope John Paul II summoned America's cardinals to
the Vatican for an emergency meeting on the clergy sex abuse crisis.
Now that those cardinals have returned to elect his successor, abuse
victims fear the lessons from their suffering may be forgotten amid
the ceremonies and papal politicking.
The most damning words in the report on
sexual abuse by Catholic priests
The most damning words in the report on
sexual abuse by Catholic priests
03/06/2004 01:57 AMThey failed to protect the youngest and most vulnerable in their
charge.The numbers from the study commissioned by the Catholic Church
on the sexual abuse of children by priests are horrendous: The human
toll amounted to 10,667 children allegedly victimized by 4,392 priests
from 1950 to 2002, but the studies caution that even these numbers
represent an undercount. But I found most chilling the following quote
from the NYT article: The review board's report on the causes of the
crisis said that board members could not find a single expression of
outrage in church correspondence from a supervising bishop about any
priest that the bishops knew had been accused of abuse. While I know
there are lots of wonderful priests, it will be a long time before the
Church hierarchy will have any moral authority to pronounce judgement
on anyone or anything else....
Bush speech calls for demolition of Abu
Ghraib prison, as “a fitting symbol
of Iraq’s new beginning,”
Bush speech calls for demolition of Abu
Ghraib prison, as “a fitting symbol
of Iraq’s new beginning,”
05/25/2004 02:43 PMThe Washington Post article .. straight news account .. tearing
down
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52711-2004May24.html
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"Ten Images of Abuse at Abu Ghraib"
"Ten Images of Abuse at Abu Ghraib"
05/02/2004 03:40 PMU.S. Soldier Jailed for Abu Ghraib Abuse
U.S. Soldier Jailed for Abu Ghraib Abuse
09/11/2004 07:05 AMReuters via Wired News Sep 11 2004 10:37AM GMT
"US general: Abu Ghraib abuse coverup"
"US general: Abu Ghraib abuse coverup"
05/04/2004 09:00 PMAdultery charged in Abu Ghraib abuse
Adultery charged in Abu Ghraib abuse
05/14/2004 01:47 PMNovell claims new evidence against SCO
Novell claims new evidence against SCO
02/11/2004 05:39 PMZDNet Feb 11 2004 8:38PM GMT
Abu Ghraib Guard Pleads Guilty in Abuse
(AP)
Abu Ghraib Guard Pleads Guilty in Abuse
(AP)
02/01/2005 08:25 PMAP - A former Abu Ghraib guard pleaded guilty Tuesday to battery and
two other charges in the Iraqi prison abuse scandal as part of a deal
with prosecutors on the eve of his trial.
Soldier: Abu Ghraib Prison Abuse Normal
(AP)
Soldier: Abu Ghraib Prison Abuse Normal
(AP)
05/20/2004 03:56 PMAP - Interrogators at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison viewed sleep
deprivation, stripping inmates naked and threatening them with dogs as
normal ways of dealing with "the enemy," a soldier attached to
military intelligence at the prison said Thursday.
U.S. Soldier Jailed for Abu Ghraib Abuse
(Reuters)
U.S. Soldier Jailed for Abu Ghraib Abuse
(Reuters)
09/11/2004 05:27 AMReuters - The first U.S. military
intelligence soldier to be court martialed over the Abu Ghraib
abuse scandal was sentenced on Saturday to eight months in
jail, a reduction in rank and a bad conduct discharge.
U.S. Intelligence Soldier Jailed for Abu
Ghraib Abuse
U.S. Intelligence Soldier Jailed for Abu
Ghraib Abuse
09/11/2004 08:58 AMReuters via Wired News Sep 11 2004 1:50PM GMT
say ‘don’t ask, don’t
tell’ doesn’t work
say ‘don’t ask, don’t
tell’ doesn’t work
12/12/2003 05:38 AMGood for them! .. come out .. NYT ..
:-)
nytimes.com/2003/12/10/national/10GENE.html?hp
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New York Times apologizes for not
protesting Bush’s WMD claims
New York Times apologizes for not
protesting Bush’s WMD claims
07/16/2004 04:56 PMcritique of its own war coverage .. mea
culpa
nytimes.com/2004/07/16/opinion/16FRI1.html
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Al Qaeda Claims Raid on Iraq's Abu
Ghraib Prison (Reuters)
Al Qaeda Claims Raid on Iraq's Abu
Ghraib Prison (Reuters)
04/03/2005 10:34 AMReuters - Al Qaeda's wing in Iraq Sunday claimed
responsibility for a brazen overnight raid on Abu Ghraib prison
that wounded 44 U.S. soldiers, according to an Internet
statement, and said more attacks would follow.
US Army Doctors Had Role in Abu Ghraib
Abuse -Lancet (Reuters)
US Army Doctors Had Role in Abu Ghraib
Abuse -Lancet (Reuters)
08/19/2004 10:37 PMReuters - U.S. military doctors working in Iraq
collaborated with interrogators in the abuse of prisoners at
Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad, an article in the British
medical journal The Lancet said on Friday.
CNN.com - Report: Rumsfeld policy
allowed Abu Ghraib abuse - May 15, 2004
CNN.com - Report: Rumsfeld policy
allowed Abu Ghraib abuse - May 15, 2004
05/16/2004 10:37 AMReport: Rumsfeld policy allowed jail abuse .. this CNN
account
cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/15/iraq.abuse.main/index.html
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Abu Ghraib Guard Paints Harrowing
Portrait of Abuse (Los Angeles Times)
Abu Ghraib Guard Paints Harrowing
Portrait of Abuse (Los Angeles Times)
05/14/2004 04:51 AMLos Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — The first soldier scheduled for
court-martial in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal has told military
authorities a harrowing tale of abuse, including an episode in which a
guard used a nightstick to beat an Iraqi detainee who had been shot in
the legs and handcuffed to a bed.
US Congress Sees More Evidence of Iraq
Inmate Abuse (Reuters)
US Congress Sees More Evidence of Iraq
Inmate Abuse (Reuters)
05/12/2004 05:20 PMReuters - New images of Iraqi prisoner abuse
contain awful scenes of violence and sexual humiliation,
members of Congress said after a viewing on Wednesday that one
lawmaker likened to a descent into "the wings of hell."
"?Definitely a Cover-Up? Former Abu
Ghraib Intel Staffer Says Army Concealed
Involvement in Abuse Scandal"
"?Definitely a Cover-Up? Former Abu
Ghraib Intel Staffer Says Army Concealed
Involvement in Abuse Scandal"
05/19/2004 10:25 AMChild sex abuse inquiry criticised
Child sex abuse inquiry criticised
09/21/2004 01:19 AMThe Children's Commissioner for Wales is criticised for his report
into sex abuse allegations against the late drama teacher John Owen.
Carers guilty of child abuse
Carers guilty of child abuse
06/23/2004 12:33 PMTwo former carers at a Barnardo's home are found guilty of abusing and
sexually assaulting children.
Ex-carers on child abuse charges
Ex-carers on child abuse charges
04/27/2004 11:44 AMTwo former carers at a Barnardo's home in NI are accused of abusing
and sexually assaulting children.
Computer child abuse: cop suspect
Computer child abuse: cop suspect
09/02/2004 05:47 AMWest Australia Sunday Times Sep 2 2004 10:12AM GMT
In response to reports of abuse at Abu
Ghraib late last year, the Army tried to
curtail Red Cross spot-visits to the
prison
In response to reports of abuse at Abu
Ghraib late last year, the Army tried to
curtail Red Cross spot-visits to the
prison
05/19/2004 07:29 PMnytimes.com/2004/05/19/politics/19ABUS.html?hp
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Child abuse experts facing review
Child abuse experts facing review
06/17/2004 05:13 AMThe Chief Medical Officer is to look at the role of expert witnesses
in cases of suspected child abuse.
Lewis child abuse charges dropped
Lewis child abuse charges dropped
07/02/2004 09:57 AMAll charges are dropped in the case against seven men and a woman
accused of child abuse in the Western Isles.
Yahoo sued by child abuse victim
Yahoo sued by child abuse victim
06/24/2005 04:04 PMIs the buck stopping?
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