Iraqi man files lawsuit claiming he was tortured at Abu Ghraib.
By on May 6th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Iraqi man files lawsuit claiming he was tortured at Abu Ghraib.
An Iraqi man filed a federal lawsuit yesterday in Los Angeles against two U.S. military contractors, “claiming he was repeatedly tortured while being held at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison for more than 10 months.” Emad al-Janabi claims the contractors “punched him, slammed him into walls, hung him from a bed frame and kept him naked and handcuffed in his cell beginning in September 2003.”
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Well, this guy couldn’t possibly have been tortured by anyone acting on behalf of the US, could he? I mean, after all, “we don’t torture”…
/sarc
May 6th, 2008 at 10:51 amThis is what Democracy represents to the GOP.
Stand tall, be proud America.
This is Shrub’s gift to all of us.
But what are we gonna do about it?
Nothing of course, just a lot of b*tching in the blogosphere, nothin’ else…
May 6th, 2008 at 10:53 amDick Cheney, “So?”
May 6th, 2008 at 10:53 amI’m sure some Bush-appointed judge will throw this out of court on a technicality…
Can’t have our victims suing us, now, can we…??
May 6th, 2008 at 10:54 amThis is worth watching. If this doesn’t get a trial in the US, then take it to the Hague. Let’s find out just who was giving the orders, all the way up the chain of command.
Hear the chains rattling, chymp???
May 6th, 2008 at 10:55 amWell I certainly hope Mr. al-Janabi learned his lesson! I bet next time he’ll think twice about being born in a country we wanted to invade under false pretenses!!
May 6th, 2008 at 10:55 amContractors are the shadiest businessmen on the face of the earth. And you’ll find them on every face of the earth.
May 6th, 2008 at 10:55 amFirst off, we can’t have any acquittals!
May 6th, 2008 at 10:56 amUnfortunately the Hague doesn’t really matter anymore…or at least not in a good way. If anyone from this administration or military is taken to the Hague and put in custody, then THIS will come in to play, making things MUCH worse for everyone: http://www.hrw.org/press/2002/08/aspa080302.htm
May 6th, 2008 at 11:00 amAdditionally, not ONE person in Gitmo has come to trial in a span of 6 years.
Not ONE.
America, we hardly know you anymore.
May 6th, 2008 at 11:01 amZ,
May 6th, 2008 at 11:02 amMake that almost 7 now.
lib/traitor, that’s fine, except that after BushitCo is out of business, the next President may decline to intimidate/attack/obliterate those who choose to bring theses effing criminals to justice.
May 6th, 2008 at 11:05 amI hope you’re right, I sincerely do. The more I hear McCain talk, the more I see the Dem fight keep on going, the more I get The Fear which can only be followed by Loathing.
May 6th, 2008 at 11:06 amUnfortunately, I predict that this will be thrown out of court on the basis that he can’t sue in US courts as it didn’t happen in the US. Likewise, he can’t sue in Iraqi courts as the US contractors have immunity there (even when they rape their own).
And if he can’t sue, then he can’t prove it happened. Therefore, it never happened.
Ain’t spreading democracy grand !
May 6th, 2008 at 11:13 amEh — the U.S. Government will just say that it wasn’t the contractors’ faults. It was little Lyndie England who did all the torturing, and she’s in jail now, isn’t she? End of story.
/snark off
May 6th, 2008 at 11:24 amSupreme Court Justice Antonin “No Recusement Tony” Scalia – it’s absurd to say the government can’t smack a suspect in the face.
Since private contractors work for the gummint (or more accurately, vice versa), such sentiment can logically be extended to them.
Forget for a moment the moral, legal, and practical problems with physical intimidation; the whole “innocent till proven otherwise” now seems a foreign concept, both to a goddamn SCJ and to media (see esp. Nancy Grace, she of no orgasm).
May 6th, 2008 at 11:25 amDidn’t he get Press Secretary Dana Perino’s memo?
We Don’t Torture.
May 6th, 2008 at 11:28 amEmad al-Janabi claims the contractors “punched him, slammed him into walls, hung him from a bed frame and kept him naked and handcuffed in his cell beginning in September 2003.”
That’s not torture, that’s “harsh interrogation techniques.”
May 6th, 2008 at 11:51 amAnd just how fast will Bush have his ‘Loyalist’ Supreme Court guys throw this case out on the grounds of ‘National Security’?
Just like they have done to ever case like this that has come before them.
Because of Bush, I don’t believe that Supreme Court Judges should be permanent anymore, they are a tool for the Reichwingers to screw the people and help corporations and Republicans commit crimes without interference.
May 6th, 2008 at 1:06 pmThis is interesting because he is suing contractors not members of the military. Can they be brought before The Hague? How can we contribute to the funding of the lawsuit?
May 6th, 2008 at 3:06 pm“punched him, slammed him into walls, hung him from a bed frame and kept him naked and handcuffed in his cell beginning in September 2003.”
Reads like the latest waahhhhpublican politician male on male sex scandal transcript or,…an average weekend at angry tranny annie coulter’s house
May 6th, 2008 at 3:37 pmWill this lawsuit go anywhere? I thought the contractors in Iraq were above the law?
May 6th, 2008 at 3:42 pm