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| Abu Ghraib a prison no more |
| By CBS News |
| Published: 08/29/2006 |
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - No, the cause wasn't the jailbreak of all time. But Abu Ghraib prison, the notorious symbol of abuse, no longer has a single inmate. The Iraqi government says all 3,000 detainees have been transferred to other facilities. And everyone involved, from Prime Minister Maliki's government here, to the prisoners, to the U.S. military, has to be relieved. You remember the infamous pictures. Naked prisoners in pornographic positions. Others cowering before snarling dogs. And leering, smiling U.S. soldiers, some of whom were convicted, others disciplined, in the scandal. But Abu Ghraib's history of infamy goes way back before those shocking snapshots. During Saddam Hussein's rule, Iraqi inmates were systematically abused, tortured and executed at the facility. There are mass graves on the site of the prison. From time to time, Saddam himself reportedly would show up, looking on happily as his political enemies were tortured...Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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