Abu Ghraib

A U.S. jury awards former Iraqi detainees $42 million for Abu Ghraib prison abuse

3:25pm November 12, 2024

The jury also decided to hold a Virginia-based military contractor responsible for contributing to the torture and mistreatment of detainees at the notorious Iraqi prison two decades ago.

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He says U.S. troops abused him in Iraq's Abu Ghraib and his life is still ruined

5:01am April 11, 2023

This Iraqi man says that 20 years after appearing in a notorious photo in U.S. detention in Abu Ghraib prison, his family lives in shame and poverty, never receiving U.S. compensation or apologies.

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Retired Special Forces Maj. Ian Fishback, seen in December 2019, deployed four times to Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2005, he blew the whistle on U.S. troops who were torturing people in Iraq.

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The final, anguished years of a warrior-scholar who exposed torture by U.S. troops

10:25pm December 02, 2021

by Quil Lawrence

Ian Fishback was a Green Beret who exposed torture by U.S. troops in Iraq. After serving four combat tours and earning a Ph.D. in philosophy, Fishback died last month in a nursing home. He was 42.

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A cell block at the now-closed Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, a facility notorious for photos released in 2004 showing U.S. soldiers torturing and humiliating inmates.

Judge Rules U.S. Must Release Photos Of Prisoner Abuse In Iraq, Afghanistan

3:51pm March 21, 2015

by Lauren Hodges

The ACLU has fought for years for the release of photos documenting abuse in prisons like Abu Ghraib. The government argues releasing the photos would pose a threat to American military.