Abu Ghraib

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US military training Iraqi prison guards

AP Features 65 days ago

As the U.S. military prepares to hand over the remnants of its detention system to the Iraqi government next year, it is training Iraqi wardens and guards to ensure that changes it made after the Abu Ghraib scandal remain in place. The ...

US closes its largest Iraq jail in the heat of the night

AFP American Edition 66 days ago

In the heat of the night of the Iraqi desert, the US military transferred the last 180 prisoners out of Camp Bucca and padlocked its largest detention centre in Iraq. High-risk prisoners were relocated from the remote jail in southernmost Iraq to ...

US closes its largest Iraq jail

AFP Global Edition 66 days ago

In the heat of the night of the Iraqi desert, the US military transferred the last 180 prisoners out of Camp Bucca and padlocked its largest detention centre in Iraq. High-risk prisoners were relocated from the remote jail in southernmost Iraq to ...

Military high court to hear Abu Ghraib appeals

AP News 68 days ago

US military's highest court to hear appeals of 2 Abu Ghraib defendants in October The U.S. military's highest court has scheduled oral arguments next month on two appeals stemming from the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The appeals ...

Guard photos could harm US effort in Afghanistan

AP News 69 days ago

Commissioner: photos of guards partying in Afghanistan may be as damaging as Abu Ghraib images A member of a commission investigating wartime spending says photos of private security guards in various stages of nudity at parties flowing with alcohol may be as ...

Suit by Abu Ghraib detainees rejected

AFP Global Edition 71 days ago

A US federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit by former detainees of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq who tried to file claims against private army contractors working in the jail. "Allowance of such suits will surely hamper military flexibility and ...

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