Taguba was given the job of investigating abu ghraib because of circumstance. The abu ghraib supplementary documents center for public. I sawking a kid, his age would be abwt 15 1 8 years. George fay is expected to recommend up to 27 people once assigned to abu ghraib for referral to authorities for possible additional legal action, including as. Based on the dates stated in the report, the abuses took place over a four month period, between september 2003 december 2004. Accounts have been posited that over fifty thousand men and women occupied this prison at one time, forced into twelvebytwelve foot cells that were little more than human. The abu ghraib files 279 photographs and 19 videos from the armys internal investigation record a harrowing three months of detainee abuse inside the notorious prison and make. That month, major general taguba was ordered to begin an investigation, which commenced with his appointment at the end of january. Abu ghraib guard lynndie england says of iraqi prisoners. It took a secret military report by a top military officer, major general taguba, to acknowledge that the abuse was not just the act of a few individuals, but caused by systemic failures in the us chain of command locally in the abu ghraib prison, as well as higherup. Article 156 investigation of the 800th military police. The investigation took place in february of 2004 and concluded that numerous instances of detainee abuse occurred between october and december in 2003. In the beginning, muslim states did not carry forward many of the worst tortures including crucifixion of the persian and roman empires they replaced. Bucca, camp ashraf, abu ghraib, and the high value detainee hvd complexcamp cropper.
From this perspective, the instances of abuse at abu ghraib are an aberration, the result of a particular institutional pathology during a single shift, among a single unit, or between seven. Opinion abu ghraib, 10 years later the new york times. Red cross report documents us torture of iraqi prisoners. Abu ghraib prison baghdad central confinement facility has produced incontrovertible evidence that such abuse did occur. To understand why people of the middle east responded to abu ghraib with horror, one needs to recall the legacies of state violence in this region over the centuries. Mg fay was appointed to investigate allegations that members of the 205th military intelligence brigade 205 mi bde were involved in detainee abuse at the abu ghraib detention facility. Your reaction a united states army report has confirmed that military intelligence personnel played a significant role in the abuse of inmates at the abu ghraib prison in iraq. Seymour hersh reveals rumsfeld misled congress over abu. Executive summary investigation of intelligence activities at abu ghraib pages 15. Army reserve prison guard who was convicted of abusing detainees in the 2004 abu ghraib scandal, said in an interview monday that she doesnt feel. This report reflects the findings of an investigation, led by major general antonio taguba, into the allegations of detainee abuse at abu ghraib prison.
During the early stages of the iraq war, personnel of the united states army and the central intelligence agency committed a series of human rights violations against detainees in the abu ghraib prison in iraq, including physical and sexual abuse, torture, rape, sodomy, and murder. The fay report, officially titled investigation of intelligence activities at abu ghraib, was a military investigation into the torture and abuse of prisoners at the abu ghraib prison in iraq. Abu ghraib article about abu ghraib by the free dictionary. Brigade, we also look at the operations at camp buka, a highvalue detention facility at camp cropper, and also the mec ph facility at.
Abu ghraib prison was closed in 2014, but its horrendous legacy lives on. The taguba report, officially titled us army 156 report of abuse of prisoners in iraq, is a report published in may 2004 containing the findings from an official military inquiry into the abu ghraib prisoner abuse. The report said that 23 military intelligence specialists and four civilian contractors had encouraged or condoned abuse. In another incident on november 24, 2003, at abu ghraib, deadly force was applied in response to a riot by prisoners, who were protesting inadequate food and clothing, lack of judicial guarantees. The photographers of the abu ghraib prisoner abuse photos have asserted this was the case under oath. Bbc news americas blame widens for abu ghraib abuse. Taguba and not meant for public release, was completed in late february. It is named after major general antonio taguba, the report s principal author. Other articles where abu ghraib prison is discussed. Investigative reports show that an iraqi whose corpse was photographed with grinning u. Its closure, prompted by fears that it could be overrun by sunni insurgents, along with the transfer of its 2,400 prisoners, was announced. This argument convinces, up to a point, and eisenman is surely right to adduce an affinity between the torture photographs and a. Baghdads infamous abu ghraib prison now stands empty.
Abu ghraib scandal continuing to create repercussions for. It was sparked by leaked images of iraqi prisoners, hooded and naked, being mistreated obtained by the united states and global media in april 2004. Toa order 800th mp brigade and letter holding witnesses 30. Abu ghraib, dod defense department, abuse report, independent panel, schlesinger created date. August 25, 2004 the fayjones report on the abu ghraib scandal finds 44 instances of abuse, some of which amounted to torture. Nearly two years after the first pictures of naked and humiliated iraqi detainees emerged from abu ghraib prison, the full extent of the abuse became known for the first time yesterday with a. See abughraibpic also, there are some more pictures in english wikipedia, and in category. This was the sign put up at abu ghraib prison one that replaced saddams. Abu ghraib stands as a symbol of saddam husseins tyrannical rule, marked by torture and brutality.
Download printerfriendly pdf file of this report 295 kb, 37 pages more on u. This report triggered ongoing investigations, hearings and press coverage. U inquire into all the facts and circumstances surrounding recent allegations of detainee abuse, specifically allegations of maltreatment at the abu ghraib prison. However, because there were detention operations under the purview of the 800 m. The cpa should work with iraqi authorities to modify existing facilities and construct new. Ar 156 investigation of the abu ghraib prison and 205th military intelligence brigade. While those who perpetrated the criminal acts are individually responsible, the command climate, unclear command structure, and insufficient training created an environment conducive to the commission of these offenses. The abuses came to public attention with the publication of photographs of the abuse by cbs. Setting the conditions for abu ghraib 977 depiction of these actors, much like prisons themselves, as in but not of the nation. Abu ghraib was a politically charged issue from the moment the public learned of the abuses. Executive summary investigation of intelligence activities. At that point, according to a report submitted by the 205th, abu ghraib s main building housed 865 prisoners, while the interrogation operation included 43 detained alleged al qaeda and ansar alislam operatives. Sir, the scope as i described to you was related to the detainee abuse at abu ghraib.
The core of millers recommendations, as summarized in the taguba report, was that the military police at abu ghraib should become part of the interrogation process. The executive summary of the report says there is no single, simple explanation for why the abuse at abu ghraib happened. Findings and recommendations part one u the investigation should inquire into all of the facts and circumstances surrounding recent allegations of detainee abuse, specifically, allegations of maltreatment at the abu ghraib prison baghdad central confinement facility. U the us army criminal investigation command cid, led by col colonel jerry mocello, and a team of highly trained. Darby, an mp with the 800th at abu ghraib, leaves a disc with photographs of prisoner abuse on the bed of a military investigator. Abu ghraib prison prison facility, iraq britannica. A fiftythreepage report, obtained by the new yorker, written by major general antonio m. Departement d etat americain, country reports on human rights practices, iraq, le 28 fevrier. U inquire into detainee escapes and accountability lapses as reported by cjtf7, specifically allegations concerning these events at the abu ghraib prison. That there are political dimensions of the analyses offered by at least some social scientists seems. A second prisoner death during questioning, this one at abu ghraib, is also under investigation.
From the wall street journal even before the war in iraq ended a year ago, and well before u. The taguba report on treatment of abu ghraib prisoners in. Routine physical abuse appears to have resulted already at abu ghraib, where such torments were apparently employed wholesale, and where a climate of dehumanization and sadism took root. In response to the abu ghraib revelations, congress eventually passed the detainee treatment act, which banned the cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of prisoners in u. Ar 156 investigation of the 800th military police brigade certified copy. Antonio taguba, who detailed widespread abuses there in a mar. The abu ghraib effect asks how pictures of such surpassing horror can vanish in plain sight, and concludes that their disappearance is largely a matter of the very centrality of such images to western art. Abu ghraib leaked report reveals full extent of abuse. Mg taguba was directed to conduct an informal investigation under ar 156 into the 800th mp brigades detention and internment operations. Abu ghraib prison was opened in the 1950s and served as a maximumsecurity prison with torture, weekly executions, and vile living conditions. Obama, taguba, and the new abu ghraib photos foreign policy. In addition, four soldiers from the 320th mp battalion had been formally charged under the uniform code of military justice ucmj with detainee abuse in may 2003 at the.
I coultht see the face ofthe kid because his be wawit in froa of the door. From the 1980s the prison was used by saddam hussein to hold political prisoners. Cid report on criminal abuses at abu ghraib, 28 january 2004 26 26. It blamed the abuse on misconduct ranging from inhumane to sadistic by a small group of morally corrupt soldiers and civilians, a lack of discipline on the part of leaders and soldiers. It is named after major general antonio taguba, the reports principal author. Obama, taguba, and the new abu ghraib photos back in april, u. The story of how american soldiers abused iraqi inmates at abu ghraib prison has rocketed around the world since 60 minutes ii first broadcast it last week this week, the pentagon revealed there. Over three years ago, seymour hersh exposed the torture and abuse at abu ghraib in an article largely based on a leaked report by major general antonio taguba. President barack obama said his administration would release photographs of the abuse of detainees in prisons in afghanistan and iraq. United states, the taguba report how does law protect in. Summary of events abu ghraib was a symbol of saddam husseins tyranny in iraq, a pillar that stood for misrepresented imprisonments, unwarranted cruelty, and deadly torture.
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