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| Human rights lawyers file prison abuse lawsuit against civilian contractors |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 06/14/2004 |
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Human rights lawyers have filed a racketeering lawsuit against two U.S. defense contractors. The suits accuse Titan Corporation and CACI International of conspiring to torture, rape and kill Iraqi prisoners. The litigation was filed in federal court in San Diego, Calif., by the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights and a Philadelphia law firm. The suit was filed on behalf of eight Iraqis and the estate of an Iraqi man who lawyers said was tortured to death. CACI says the allegations are "ill-informed, slanderous and malicious." Titan calls the lawsuit "frivolous" and said it had no control over prisoners or how they were handled. Attorneys acknowledge that the only evidence of abuse are phone and e-mail interviews with the former prisoners and their families in Iraq. |
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