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05-04-2004, 12:36 PM
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Abu Ghuraib prisoners speak of 'torture'
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Ex-detainees say acts of abuse
were too immoral to talk about
Tuesday 04 May 2004, 14:03 Makka Time, 11:03 GMT
Ex-detainees say acts of abuse were too immoral to talk about
Former inmates of the US-occupation run Abu Ghuraib prison near
Baghdad still find it difficult to relate their experiences of torture and
humiliation, as more pictures of abuse come to light.
One of the released detainees who was forced to pose naked in a human
pyramid has told Aljazeera that the acts committed against them were so
horrible that he still could not get himself to speak about most of it.
"They wanted to humiliate us. It was disgusting", said Hashim Muhsin.
"They covered our heads with plastic bags and hit our backs with sharp
objects, which added to our wounds".
"They then took off all our clothes, made us stand next to the wall and
carried out immoral acts that I cannot even talk about", Muhsin continued.
He said "women soldiers took pictures of naked men and did not care".
CIA present
Another released prisoner, Haidir Sabbar told Aljazeera that "CIA officials
and two Iraqi and Egyptian translators showed us immoral pictures of the
acts that took place" before interrogating them.
"They then took off all our clothes, made us stand net to the wall and
carried out immoral acts that I cannot even talk about"
Hashim Muhsin
Released Abu Ghraib detainee
Seven US soldiers have been reprimanded for the abuse of Iraqi
prisoners and six more are under investigation. The reprimands were the
first known punishment meted out to soldiers involved in the
mistreatment of prisoners at Abu Ghuraib.
Last week, an American television channel, CBS, broadcast images
showing Iraqis stripped naked, hooded and being tormented by their US
captors.
An internal US army report found that Iraqi detainees were subjected to
"sadistic, blatant and wanton criminal abuses", according to The New
Yorker magazine.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/rdonlyres/316F0ADE-FDFC-466A-95F6-A591FD01A75C/36280/190151.jpg
Prisoners bound and tormented
Intelligence blamed
Brigadier-General Janis Karpinski who oversaw the prison, claimed she
did not know about the abuse and blamed "military intelligence" for being
behind the abuse.
Prisoners bound and tormented
"The cellblocks were actually in operation for the interrogations and
isolation under the Military Intelligence control," she said. "It was part of
the Abu Ghraib prisoner operation but those cellblocks, cellblock 1A and
1B and the prison was actually under the control at that time".
Karpinski added that "there was one photograph that didn't show the faces
completely, but the photograph showed 32 boots (of a lightweight boot)".
Asked whether she was saying the people who were wearing those boots
were CIA or military intelligence, she replied "I'm saying other people
than the military police were the ones committing the abuses."
'Shared responsibility'
A dead prisoner's body wrapped in cellophane and packed in ice
Karpinski said she thought "there are others responsible here, not limited
to one person or any individual or command. But there is a shared
responsibility in this."
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/rdonlyres/316F0ADE-FDFC-466A-95F6-A591FD01A75C/36281/190152.jpg
A dead prisoner's body wrapped
in cellophane and packed in ice
The alleged abuses were said to have involved about 20 prisoners and
took place in November and December last year.
The New Yorker magazine, meanwhile has released additional images of
the abuse, including that of the dead body of a prisoner, wrapped i
n cellophane and packed in ice as well as a group of Iraqis bound and
lying on the ground.
Latest reports by Aljazeera's correspondent, quoting a US military
spokesman is that 208 prisoners have been released from the Abu Ghuraib prison.
Abu Ghuraib prisoners speak of 'torture'
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/rdonlyres/316F0ADE-FDFC-466A-95F6-A591FD01A75C/36278/3B8BE47B94F04187BB06D664D186F418.jpg
Ex-detainees say acts of abuse
were too immoral to talk about
Tuesday 04 May 2004, 14:03 Makka Time, 11:03 GMT
Ex-detainees say acts of abuse were too immoral to talk about
Former inmates of the US-occupation run Abu Ghuraib prison near
Baghdad still find it difficult to relate their experiences of torture and
humiliation, as more pictures of abuse come to light.
One of the released detainees who was forced to pose naked in a human
pyramid has told Aljazeera that the acts committed against them were so
horrible that he still could not get himself to speak about most of it.
"They wanted to humiliate us. It was disgusting", said Hashim Muhsin.
"They covered our heads with plastic bags and hit our backs with sharp
objects, which added to our wounds".
"They then took off all our clothes, made us stand next to the wall and
carried out immoral acts that I cannot even talk about", Muhsin continued.
He said "women soldiers took pictures of naked men and did not care".
CIA present
Another released prisoner, Haidir Sabbar told Aljazeera that "CIA officials
and two Iraqi and Egyptian translators showed us immoral pictures of the
acts that took place" before interrogating them.
"They then took off all our clothes, made us stand net to the wall and
carried out immoral acts that I cannot even talk about"
Hashim Muhsin
Released Abu Ghraib detainee
Seven US soldiers have been reprimanded for the abuse of Iraqi
prisoners and six more are under investigation. The reprimands were the
first known punishment meted out to soldiers involved in the
mistreatment of prisoners at Abu Ghuraib.
Last week, an American television channel, CBS, broadcast images
showing Iraqis stripped naked, hooded and being tormented by their US
captors.
An internal US army report found that Iraqi detainees were subjected to
"sadistic, blatant and wanton criminal abuses", according to The New
Yorker magazine.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/rdonlyres/316F0ADE-FDFC-466A-95F6-A591FD01A75C/36280/190151.jpg
Prisoners bound and tormented
Intelligence blamed
Brigadier-General Janis Karpinski who oversaw the prison, claimed she
did not know about the abuse and blamed "military intelligence" for being
behind the abuse.
Prisoners bound and tormented
"The cellblocks were actually in operation for the interrogations and
isolation under the Military Intelligence control," she said. "It was part of
the Abu Ghraib prisoner operation but those cellblocks, cellblock 1A and
1B and the prison was actually under the control at that time".
Karpinski added that "there was one photograph that didn't show the faces
completely, but the photograph showed 32 boots (of a lightweight boot)".
Asked whether she was saying the people who were wearing those boots
were CIA or military intelligence, she replied "I'm saying other people
than the military police were the ones committing the abuses."
'Shared responsibility'
A dead prisoner's body wrapped in cellophane and packed in ice
Karpinski said she thought "there are others responsible here, not limited
to one person or any individual or command. But there is a shared
responsibility in this."
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/rdonlyres/316F0ADE-FDFC-466A-95F6-A591FD01A75C/36281/190152.jpg
A dead prisoner's body wrapped
in cellophane and packed in ice
The alleged abuses were said to have involved about 20 prisoners and
took place in November and December last year.
The New Yorker magazine, meanwhile has released additional images of
the abuse, including that of the dead body of a prisoner, wrapped i
n cellophane and packed in ice as well as a group of Iraqis bound and
lying on the ground.
Latest reports by Aljazeera's correspondent, quoting a US military
spokesman is that 208 prisoners have been released from the Abu Ghuraib prison.