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The Atlantic
March 21, 2018
This is an image obtained by The Associated Press which shows naked detainees with bags placed over their heads placed into a human pyramid as Spc. Sabrina Harman, (middle) and Cpl. Charles Graner Jr. (above) pose behind them in late 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq. PhotographsÃâà...
Task & Purpose
January 15, 2018
We have seen photographs of U.S. Army soldiers torturing and sexually abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq; photographs of soldiers posing ... Whether it's Pfc. Lynndie England and Spc. Charles Graner posing with their thumbs up behind a human pyramid, or Spc. Jeremy Morlock tugging backÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
October 1, 2017
It was Abu Ghraib prison that introduced the world to the violent infrastructure of torture in the war on terror. In 2004, when photos emerged documenting extensive torture ranging from prisoners on leashes to bodies piled atop each other in pyramid structure to prisoners standing in crucifixion like postures,Ãâà...
Common Dreams
October 1, 2017
Charles Graner and Ivan Frederick, the two military police members who were convicted of charges related to the abuse of Abu Ghraib prisoners specifically named CACI contractors Daniel Johnson and Steven Stefanowicz as ordering various types of abuse of prisoners. Despite these allegations, CACIÃâà...
Deutsche Welle
June 16, 2017
In 2004, al-Baghdadi was detained by US forces and held in both the controversial Abu Ghraib and Camp Bucca detention centers. He reportedly spent more time in Abu Ghraib, an infamous facility known for torture committed by American forces in Iraq. Al-Baghdadi was released later that year with a largeÃâà...
Miami Herald
June 7, 2017
President Donald Trump's choice for FBI director was notified months before the public knew about the death of a detainee at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2004, and was at the very least on the fringes of discussions on the legality of military interrogation techniques in 2003, documents from Wray's time inÃâà...
Newsweek
May 12, 2017
As a U.S. Army Reserve Captain, Brinson supervised reservists Charles Graner Jr. and Lynddie England, among others, as they tortured prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in 2003-2004. In return for immunity, Graner told army investigators that Brinson instructed him to obey military intelligence officerÃâà...
DigitalJournal.com
May 6, 2014
They allegedly did more than just threaten. There were women and girls imprisoned in Abu Ghraib, held as bargaining chips in a bid to induce wanted insurgents to surrender. Jailing wives, daughters and mothers was, like so much of the other abuse at Abu Ghraib and throughout the War on Terror, a clearÃâà...
BBC News
August 6, 2011
The ringleader of the US military guards who photographed their abuse of suspected Iraqi insurgents at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison has been released. Charles Graner served more than six-and-a-half years of a 10-year sentence, army officials said. Graner, a former US Army Reserve specialist, wasÃâà...
