Private Contractors Were Implicated in the Abuse Scandal and Some Reports Even Suggest They Supervised Interrogations
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THE US government would love to lay the blame for the beating, torturing and sexual abuse of Iraqi prisoners in the infamous Abu Ghraib prison at the door of blank-eyed GIs from Appalachian trailer parks. But evidence is increasingly putting the allied forces' reliance on civilian private contractors at the very heart of the problems in Iraq.
Among those suspected of the Abu Ghraib offences is Adel Nakhla, described as a civilian translator, employed by the Californian- based Titan Corporation.See the full content of this document
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Private Contractors Were Implicated in the Abuse Scandal and Some Reports Even Suggest They Supervised Interrogations
Another 30-strong team of interrogators at the prison were employed by CACI International, which is based in Virginia. One of the team, Torin Nelson, said last week that private companies were so keen to meet the demand for their services that they were sending cooks and drivers to work as interrogators.
Nelson and Nakhla are among four civilians based at Abu Ghraib who are named in a classified army report on the abuses. One - Steven Stephanowicz, also employed by CACI - is accused in the report of encouraging military police to terrorise inmates and "clearly knew his instruc...See the full content of this document
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