Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Outraged by the Outsourcing of the Outrage: Torture, It wasn't Just Abu Ghraib

Part, um, what "part" are we up to now, 24? 48? Infinity?

From the Denver Post, we learn that -- those "handful" of bad apples must of really gotten around:

"Iraqi prisoners allegedly were stripped of their clothing and exposed to harsh conditions at two war-zone detention facilities separate from the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, according to Pentagon documents obtained this week by The Denver Post.

The Army is investigating whether a detainee was sexually humiliated during an interrogation at Forward Operating Base Summerall near Bayji, Iraq, and whether several prisoners were forced to stand naked in the rain for 12 hours at a Balad, Iraq, base earlier this year, records show.

The documents bolster the view that sexual degradation of Iraqi prisoners was not isolated at Abu Ghraib, where reservist soldiers have been accused of stripping inmates and forcing them to perform sexually demeaning acts, often in full view of other prisoners and personnel.

Until now, Abu Ghraib has been the only Iraq detention facility where sexual abuse allegations have been investigated by Army officials, according to a review of law-enforcement summaries obtained by The Post. In Muslim culture, nudity can be shameful and conflicts with many religious principles. "


Drip, Drip, Drip...

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