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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

If you agree that the nature of the prison, rather than the personalities of the prison guards, was at least partially responsibility for the cruelty inflicted on the prisoners, how could the prisons be restructured to reduce the likelihood that future abuse will occur? Notice what happened in respect to what happened elsewhere, even in [...]

Why or why not? We’ve all seen pictures of Abu Ghraib . Do we really need more pictures to get the idea?

1. Who stood trial for them? (Names/association with events) 2. What were the specific charges against them? 3. In what type of court were they tried 4. What was the outcome of the trial? 5. Were they given orders to do what they did? Did anyone try to stop them? Thanks i know that the [...]

1. Who stood trial for them? (Names/association with events) 2. What were the specific charges against them? 3. In what type of court were they tried 4. What was the outcome of the trial? 5. Were they given orders to do what they did? Did anyone try to stop them? Thanks i know that the [...]

Have you heard this story? I heard it only just yesterday. My web searches haven’t found it. Lots of ugly business with dogs at Abu Ghraib but I saw a speaker yesterday who mentioned this with no citation and I am trying to verify it. Please post a link. I’m assuming the speaker was trying [...]

Were the prison guards at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq inherently sadistic, or were they influenced by their environment? Just a bunch of down home good ol boy americans trying to make some fun out of a messed up situation.

"Under the dictator, prisons like Abu Gar__reb__ were symbols of death and torture…When that prison is complete, detainees at Abu Garomp will be relocated. Then, with the approval of the Iraqi government, we will demolish the Abu Garab prison, as a fitting symbol of Iraq’s new beginning"—George W. Bush, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, may, 24, 2004. Assuming [...]