New Abu Ghraib Torture Claims Filed Against Military Contractors

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New Abu Ghraib Torture Claims FiledAgainst Military Contractors, According to Legal Team for Former 'Ghost' Detainee
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080505/pl_usnw/new_abu_ghraib_torture_claims_filed_against_military_contractors__according_to_legal_team_for_former__ghost__detainee
PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New torture claims have been leveled at two U.S. military contractors by a former Abu Ghraib "ghost" detainee who was wrongly imprisoned and later released without charge, according to a lawsuit filed today in Los Angeles federal court by his U.S. legal team.

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Emad Al-Janabi, a 43-year-old Iraqi blacksmith, who alleges that he was beaten and forced from his home by people in U.S. military uniforms and civilian clothing in September 2003. He was released from Abu Ghraib without charge in July 2004.

The defendants are CACI International Inc. (NYSE: CAI) and CACI Premier Technology, Inc., of Arlington, Va.; L-3 Communications Titan Corporation (NYSE: LLL - news), of San Diego, Calif.; and former CACI contractor Steven Stefanowicz, a Los Angeles resident known at Abu Ghraib as "Big Steve."

According to the Complaint, Mr. Al-Janabi was:
-- Subjected to physical and mental torture in sessions where the
defendants acted as interrogators and translators;
-- Transported to a detainee site in a wooden box and covered with a hood;
-- Scarred on his face when his eyes were clawed by an interrogator;
-- Exposed to a mock execution of his brother and nephew, and told by
defendant translators that he would be executed or crushed by a
helicopter or a tank;
-- Hung upside down, with his feet chained to the steel slats of a bunk
bed until he lost consciousness, and hung by his arms;
-- Repeatedly deprived of food and sleep; and
-- Threatened with dogs.

[yardwork]

1. Never mind. I'm sure the media will ignore this. Rev Wright is much more important.

[Arctic Dave]

2. Thank god for our moral authority. n/t

[Disturbed]

3. Didn't the "Contractors" at Abu Grahib get their contract renewed?

The depravity of the Busholini Regime must be revealed & all involved must be
held accountable. Will Congress act?

[Arctic Dave]

5. I am not aware of a single contractor who hasn't had their

contracts renewed. As for Congress acting, honestly, I really don't have much faith in them. I hoping Cheesus will run them all over with a bus.

[spanone]

4. were i tortured, against all law, i too would file a claim

[Solly Mack]

6. K&R

[Ghost in the Machine]

7. "America does NOT torture!" George W Bush, Republicon Chickenhawk-in Chief

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

8. The lawsuit will be dismissed. On the eve of the war, Shrub signed an Executive Order

which protected all contractors from liability in Iraq.

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9. Iraqi alleges Abu Ghraib torture, sues US contractors

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_re_us/abu_ghraib_lawsuit

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Al-Janabi, 43, said he was detained by U.S. troops during a late-night raid in which he and his family were beaten by their captors. He said he was taken to a military base where he was stripped naked, a hood was placed on his head and his hands and legs were chained.

"They (U.S. troops) did not tell me what was the reason behind my arrest ... during the interrogation, the American soldier told me I was a terrorist ... and I was preparing for an attack against the U.S. forces," said al-Janabi, who denied the accusation and claims he was forced to give confessions under "savage" intimidation.

The lawsuit also claims the contractors conspired in a cover-up by destroying documents and other information, hid prisoners during periodic checks by the International Red Cross and misled military and government officials about what was happening at Abu Ghraib.

Al-Janabi was released in July 2004 and wasn't charged with any crime, according to the lawsuit. He also was forced to form a human pyramid in the nude with other prisoners, according to the lawsuit, but his Philadelphia-based attorney Susan Burke said it wasn't known if he was in the infamous photo that became public.

Emad al-Janabi, an Iraqi man who says he was tortured in Abu Ghraib prison in

[L. Coyote]

10. Someone should do a film about this stuff, a la Michael Moore.

Somehow, this needs to be brought forward, to the widest audience.