Former prisoner at Abu Ghraib recounts 18 days of abuse

[Tinoire]

Every few days, he said, he was uncuffed for other treatments: douses of cold water, barking dogs, something called ‘‘the scorpion,’’ in which his arms were cuffed to his legs, behind his back.

Fellow prisoners, he said, told him later that it lasted 18 days. He said that he did not know, and that it did not matter. He was ready to talk.

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His name and prisoner number, 200144, is not included in a damning military investigation of the abuse. But the dates he gave matched those of the worse abuse, and he mentioned several cellmates with names similar to those in the report. With no prompting, he also provided first names of several important figures in the report and accurately described some of their roles: a sergeant named Ivan; a woman named ‘‘Lynn or Lynnie,’’ he said, and who he recognized in the pictures released two weeks ago; a civilian named Steven, who he said seemed in charge of interrogations.

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He said he asked one of the interrogators, ‘‘Why do you torture us?’’ The man, he said, replied: ‘‘It’s not in our control.’’
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Aboud also said that the soldiers themselves, as a group, seemed conflicted about what they were doing. While some seemed to enjoy it, he said, one soldier unchained him for several hours, only to rush back and chain him again when his superiors were coming.
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At one point, one female soldier, who he identified as Mrs. Lise, yelled at a man who punched him during questioning.

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[Pachamama]

1. Thanks for the Post..Hopefully we will start hearing more from the ...

....prisoners who were abused and even if our government decides to "censor" the pictures, if people come forward, those Pix become Exhibit A in the trials and then can't be kept from the public. And either way, the public will learn the truth as they come forward...