US TORTURE

U.S. Marines Engaged in Mock Executions of Iraqi Juveniles

The documents the ACLU released today, describe substantiated incidents of torture and abuse by U.S. Marines, including:

-holding a pistol to the back of a detainee’s head while another Marine took a picture (Karbala, May 2003)

-ordering four Iraqi juveniles to kneel while a pistol was "discharged to conduct a mock execution" (Adiwaniyah, June 2003)

-severely burning a detainee’s hands by covering them in alcohol and igniting them (Al Mumudiyah, August 2003), and

-shocking a detainee with an electric transformer, causing the detainee to "dance" as he was shocked (Al Mumudiyah, April 2004). Continued