Monday, May 23, 2005

U.S. Soldier Instructed Iraqi Detainee to Dig Own Grave, According to New Army Documents : New documents released by the Department of Defense reveal more cases of abuse including mock executions and use of a religious symbol to taunt detainees

UN inspector paints bleak picture of Saddam's jail : Barton, who gave an exclusive interview to The Observer, decided to speak out to highlight what he believes is the unjust detention of scientists at the Baghdad jail.

Inside secret Saddam prison : A former Australian interrogator at Camp Cropper has revealed to The Observer for the first time the regime inside the prison, including suggestions that some of those arriving at the facility had been badly beaten.

"Everybody heard him cry out and thought it was funny." : "He screamed out, 'Allah! Allah! Allah!' and my first reaction was that he was crying out to his god," Specialist Jones said to investigators. "Everybody heard him cry out and thought it was funny." It became a kind of running joke, and people kept showing up to give this detainee a common peroneal strike just to hear him scream out 'Allah,' " he said. "It went on over a 24-hour period, and I would think that it was over 100 strikes."

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