American In leadership Iraq It was only 13 months after the attack and subsequent occupation that the infamous CNBC program Jail Images of abuse and inhumane treatment of Iraqi civilians in Abu Ghraib were broadcast in the media.
The Abu Ghraib prison scandal came to light on April 28, 2004, when photographs taken by Jeremy Sewits and other soldiers at the prison appeared on CBS News.
According to the BBC, there were about 2,000 Iraqi men, women and children in prison at the time, the majority of whom were innocent.
Images of the atrocities committed against Iraqis in Abu Ghraib prison cast a pall over America’s claims of being a champion of human rights.
In one of the images that emerged, naked prisoners were piled on top of each other to form a tower.
One photo shows Lindy England, a female American soldier, holding a strap attached to a prisoner. In another gruesome picture of the scandal, a man can be seen standing on top of a box with electric wires held in both his hands.
According to Al Jazeera, the International Committee of the Red Cross published its report on the atrocities in Abu Ghraib prison.
The report says that Red Cross observers have seen American soldiers mistreat prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison by keeping them naked in complete darkness in empty cells.
When the scandal broke, then-U.S. General Mark Committ, deputy director of coalition operations in Iraq and interviewed for a CBS News story in April 2004, said, ‘Frankly, , I think we are all disappointed by the actions of a few.’
20 years ago, the Abu Ghraib prison scandal was sparked by images broadcast on the US TV news program 60 Minutes Two, resulting in only a few low-ranking soldiers facing military trials, according to The Guardian. Or political leaders, or private contractors were not held legally accountable.
What happened to the US soldiers involved in the scandal?
Nine of the 11 soldiers court-martialed by the U.S. military for abusing Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison were sentenced to prison terms, including Lindy England, Jeremy Sewits, Ivan Frederick, Charles Greiner Jr., Sabrina Herman. , Joel Davis, Megan Ambuhl and Armin Cruz.
Lundy England
In 2005, a US military court convicted 23-year-old Lindy England of six of seven counts of abuse and sentenced her to three years in prison.
He was acquitted of one count of conspiracy, four counts of ill-treatment of prisoners and one count of committing lewd acts. In March 2007, the female US soldier was released.
Charles Garner
US Army prison guard Charles Garner Jr. was sentenced by a military court to 10 years in prison in 2005 for abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib.
Prosecutors described Greiner as the ringleader of a group of Abu Ghraib guards. Garner was released in August 2011.
Jeremy Savets
Jeremy Savits was sentenced to one year in prison for dereliction of duty, taking photographs and failing to stop abuse of prisoners.
Some of the photos taken by US soldiers in the Abu Ghraib scandal that have come to light were taken by Jeremy Sewits.
Ivan Frederick
Two psychologists who testified described Frederick as an introvert, who relied heavily on others.
Military Judge Col. James Pohl initially sentenced Frederick to 10 years in prison, but reduced it to eight years because of a plea bargain.
Sabrina Herman
Sabrina Herman was found guilty at trial in May 2005 of conspiracy, prisoner abuse and neglect of duty. He was sentenced to six months in prison.
Joel Davis
Former Sergeant Joel Davis was sentenced to six months in prison in February 2005 for assault, dereliction of duty and lying to Army investigators. The former sergeant admitted to stomping on the hands and feet of handcuffed inmates.
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Armin Cruz
Armin Cruz, from Texas, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and prisoner abuse and was sentenced to eight months in prison in September 2004.
Roman Kroll
Roman Kroll, a former specialist from Massachusetts, admitted to throwing water on naked prisoners and forcing them to crawl on the floor. Kroll, who served in the military intelligence unit, was sentenced to 10 months in prison in February 2005.
Megan Ambuhl
Megan Ambuhl, of Virginia, pleaded guilty in November 2004 to failing to prevent or report inmate abuse. He was discharged from the army without being imprisoned.
20 years have passed since this scandal, but for these prisoners of Abu Ghraib prison, it is a matter of yesterday, but the American prisoners broke the mountains of cruelty.
A lawsuit filed in 2008 by Sohail Najam Abdullah al-Shamri, Salah al-Jili and Asad al-Zubai, three Iraqi citizens who have endured persecution by US soldiers even after two decades, is being heard in a federal court in Virginia.
According to The Guardian, the case of these people is against a private security company called CACI. The company was contracted by the US government to provide prison investigators. The company fought for 16 years to have the lawsuit dismissed, finally losing its last appeal in November.
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