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Retired general’s testimony links Northern Virginia-based private contractor to Abu Ghraib abuses

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This artist sketch depicts Salah Al-Ejaili, foreground right with glasses, a former Al-Jazeera journalist, before the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Al-Ejaili, a former detainee at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison, has described to jurors the type of abuse that is reminiscent of the scandal that erupted there 20 years ago: beatings, being stripped naked and threatened with dogs, stress positions meant to induce ex…

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Retired general's testimony links private contractor to Abu Ghraib abuses

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An Army general who investigated the abuse of prisoners 20 years ago at Iraq's infamous Abu Ghraib prison testified Tuesday that a

17 days ago·United States

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Retired general's testimony links private contractor to Abu Ghraib abuses

An Army general who investigated the abuse of prisoners 20 years ago at Iraq’s infamous Abu Ghraib prison has testified that a civilian contractor instructed prison guards to “soften up” detainees for interrogations

17 days ago·United States

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Arab News

Retired general’s testimony links private contractor to Abu Ghraib

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia: An Army general who investigated the abuse of prisoners 20 years ago at Iraq’s infamous Abu Ghraib prison testified Tuesday that a civilian contractor instructed prison guards to “soften up” detainees for interrogations. The retired general, Antonio Taguba, told jurors that the contractor, Steven Stefanowicz, even tried to intimidate the general as he investigated the Abu Ghraib abuses. “He would lean on the table staring…

17 days ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Retired general’s testimony links Northern Virginia-based private contractor to Abu Ghraib abuses

17 days ago·Washington, United States

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Retired general's testimony links private contractor to abuses in Abu Ghraib

The defendant instructed the guards to “soften” the detainees for questioning, said a U.S. military officer who investigated the abuses against prisoners committed 20 years ago in prison in Iraq.

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