Twenty years ago this month, photos of abused prisoners and smiling U.S. soldiers guarding them at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison were released, shocking the world.
Now, three survivors of Abu Ghraib will finally get their day in U.S. court against the military contractor they hold responsible for their mistreatment.
The trial is scheduled to begin Monday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, and will be the first time that Abu Ghraib survivors are able to bring their claims of torture to a U.S. jury, said Baher Azmy, a lawyer with the Center for Constitutional Rights representing the plaintiffs.
Well I think broadly you make a good point about Abu Gharaib, and I appreciate you making it.
It ended up being “just one of those things that happened” with no real consequences to those who set the situation up to occur and no accountability. It really sucks, but its just one more even in a long list of events that shouldn’t have happened, that shouldn’t have been possible to have happened. Like what was the fucking point?