Ansarasra

2003.
The photos were never released to the public, the dumb a** Army guards who took them put a few of them on the internet to show their friends, that is how all this got started. If you call being naked and having underwear on your head is torture, it was more humiliation. But more humiliating was getting urine, dung and come thrown at you on a daily basis at Gitmo (Land of 3 hots, a cot and warm ocean breezes for human cr** )

And were ANY officers convicted?

Nine Army reservists have been convicted of abusing detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. All of them were enlisted:

— Pfc. Lynndie England, a 22-year-old reservist from Fort Ashby, W. Va., was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison after being convicted on six of seven counts related to detainee abuse. England was found guilty of one count of conspiracy, four counts of maltreating detainees and one count of committing an indecent act. She was acquitted on one conspiracy count.

— Former Cpl. Charles Graner Jr., of Uniontown, Pa., was found guilty in January. He is serving a 10-year prison term at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Prosecutors described Graner, who England has said is the father of her infant son, as the ringleader of a group of Abu Ghraib guards who mistreated Iraqis.

— Former Spc. Megan Ambuhl, of Centreville, Va., a former Abu Ghraib guard now married to Graner, pleaded guilty in November 2004 to failing to prevent or report maltreatment of prisoners. She was discharged from the Army without prison time.

— Former Spc. Sabrina Harman, of Lorton, Va., was found guilty at trial in May of conspiracy, maltreating detainees and dereliction of duty. She was sentenced six months in prison after testimony about her acts of kindness toward Iraqis before she became an Abu Ghraib guard.

— Former Staff Sgt. Ivan Frederick of Buckingham, Va., was sentenced to 81/2 years last October after pleading guilty to conspiracy, dereliction of duty, maltreatment of detainees and other charges. Frederick said he helped place wires on a detainee’s hands and told him he would be electrocuted if he fell while standing on a box.

— Former Spc. Jeremy Sivits of Hyndman, Pa., pleaded guilty in May 2004 to four counts for taking pictures of naked Iraqi prisoners being humiliated, including some of the photographs that triggered the Abu Ghraib scandal. He was sentenced to one year in prison.

— Former Spc. Roman Krol, of Randolph, Mass., admitted pouring water on naked detainees and forcing them to crawl around the floor. He also said he threw a foam football at them while they were handcuffed. Krol, who served in a military intelligence unit, was sentenced in February to 10 months in prison.

— Former Spc. Armin Cruz, of Plano, Texas, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and mistreating prisoners and was sentenced in September 2004 to eight months in prison. Cruz was part of the same military intelligence unit as Krol.

— Former Sgt. Javal Davis, Roselle, N.J., was sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty in February to assault, dereliction of duty and lying to Army investigators. The former sergeant admitted stepping on the

If we invaded Iraq because the government had WMDs, then why did the US capture its people and torture 7,000 of them in Abu Ghraib prison, which was empty before the US came, then the US filled them up only for Bush to say in 2005 that the prison would be demolished. So, what was the deal?
See pic as an example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AbuGhraibAbuse-standing-on-box.jpg

The prison wasn’t opened to give people a place to torture Iraqi’s. It was opened as a place to detain enemy combatants. Believe it or not there were some really bad people at that prison. The prison was opened for the same reason any other prison would be opened here or any where else and it was closed because after the scandal there was nothing but negative connotations associated with it. Some of our soldiers got carried away and did the wrong thing. What they did set our military and country back years in terms of relations with muslim countries. It was even used as a recruiting tool by terrorist organizations.

and blowing off steam? AnaIIy raping prisoners with batons is just "having fun" to Rush, and I agree with him when it’s Muslims we’re torturing. The Christians and the Muslims are at war, and war is a rough business… not for sissy liberal girly men.

Also, he said that the Haitians brought this on themselves and I wholeheartedly agree. These poor scoundrels were not making enough money to make God happy and were thusly smited by the Almighty One.

No, Abu Ghraib was not acceptable.

It is not acceptable to rape prisoners, force beastiality, or force them to have sex with one another. It’s also not acceptable to kill prisoners in torture devices reminiscent of the inquisition.

That is beyond unacceptable. It is disgusting. It does absolutely nothing to bolster the already tarnished image of the United States and does not reflect positively on the US military as a whole.

If Rush Limbaugh thinks that US Soldiers need to "blow off steam" but raping Iraqis, he has serious mental problems

Does anyone know where I can find really good facts about Abu Ghraib? What kind of torture techniques they used, who was in control during what period, when it was built, why it was built and other things? Anything will be helpful! If you can add a link or if you know a website please help me!
Please no wikipedia or blogs and stuff like that. They have to be FACTS so I can cite my sources.
For a 6 minute speech I have to do.

The world has little interest in the decades of torture, rape, mutilation, beheading and mass killing of innocents at Abu Ghraib prison under Saddam.
Instead, the world is (or pretends to be) horrified by the abuse and humiliation of prisoners at Abu Ghraib by some undisciplined US troops after liberation (who were severely punished).

Abu Ghraib is a clear example of the world focusing on minor crimes by democracies rather than major crimes by tyrannies. Psychologically, it seems easier for people to do this. This is the law of human nature that The most criticised societies are the best ones.

I am working on some anti-war graphic design for a local art show that I am co-hosting this winter and I really think people need to see what is going on overseas. I was hoping to work in some of the photos that were leaked from Abu Ghraib into my work, but the problem is I would like to have larger prints made. All of the photos I am finding are around 500 x 500 pixels or less and when blown up to a decent size (printed around 3 x 3 feet) they will become too grainy to really catch an eye. I was hoping someone could tell me where to find a bit better quality photos to work with, or even just a more extensive collection of them (I can only find 9 or 10 different photos). This would be infinitely appreciated as people in my town keep sending their loved ones off with a smile and don’t really seem to have an inkling of an idea as to what is going on across the world. Thank you so much.

Try the FBI, the CIA or join up and take a camera.

You cant find decent size files because people dont want you to. You know the ones who use peoples lives as pawns for their own egos.

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What are your thoughts on it?

Only what I’ve read and watched on television - talk about treading all over Human Rights!

The fact that women were involved in it, just blows my mind and the stupidity of them photographing it is beyond comprehension.

But then similar things have been happening since man’s time began and it’s so very easy to make harsh judgements from the comfort of my lounge room.
War is something I’m never likely to see.

The United States Department of Defense removed seventeen soldiers and officers from duty, and eleven soldiers were charged with dereliction of duty, maltreatment, aggravated assault and battery. Between May 2004 and March 2006, eleven soldiers were convicted in courts martial, sentenced to military prison, and dishonorably discharged from service. Two soldiers, Specialist Charles Graner, and his former fiancée, Specialist Lynndie England, were sentenced to ten years and three years in prison, respectively, in trials ending on January 14, 2005 and September 26, 2005. The commanding officer at the prison, Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, was demoted to the rank of Colonel on May 5, 2005. Col. Karpinski has denied knowledge of the abuses, claiming that the interrogations were authorized by her superiors and performed by subcontractors, and that she was not even allowed entry into the interrogation rooms.

Should there vote be recognized as their acceptance to use their State as the place to keep these terrorists?

If this is the case how many Congressmen would still vote to close and use U.S. prisons for these detainees?

Is it fair to tell Congress that their vote means they will accept these people?

Colorado already houses maximimum security prisoners including terrorists.

Should there vote be recognized as their acceptance to use their State as the place to keep these terrorists?

If this is the case how many Congressmen would still vote to close and use U.S. prisons for these detainees?

Is it fair to tell Congress that their vote means they will accept these people?

Colorado already houses maximimum security prisoners including terrorists.