November 2005 As the ‘hooded man’ in the infamous Abu Ghraib pictures, Haj Ali became an icon of everything that was wrong with the US occupation. He tells his story and we hear from other prisoners “They stretched my hands in this position and attached the wires to them”, states Haj Ali. “It felt like [...]
Recently released declassified memos have confirmed that US defence officials approved 15 interrogation techniques for use on prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq, even though they were regarded as illegal under the military’s code of justice. Now, lawyers for a US soldier convicted of abusing detainees at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison, say the memos give them [...]
Official trailer of the film “Standard Operating Procedure,” which opens April 25. More: http://www.takepart.com/sop Duration : 0:2:3
A sneak peak at the HBO documentary, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib. Duration : 0:3:1
