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Insult to Injury
Posted on August 19, 2013
warning: explicit photos
Do you ever wonder why they hate us? George Bush the Lessor claimed the evildoers (code:Muslims) hated us because of our freedoms, like our freedom to buy a house.
Perhaps there are other reasons? Like, we invade their countries with no provocation and preemptively murder thousands of innocent men, women, and children so they cant hit us back? Didnt Raisin Brain utter some Newspeak-inspried gobbledygook to justify our slaughter and torture of innocents?
In a surreal twist that ads incredible insult to devastating injury, the innocent torture victims at Abu Ghraib are themselves being sued by the US mega-military Defense contractor CACI International.
No, this isnt a joke.
These men, women, and teens were held without charges, innocent of any crime, and were brutally tortured and humiliated for years. When finally released, a handful of those survivors mentally stable enough to fight back tried to sue the military contractor for their years of illegal incarceration and hideous tortures.
But their lawsuit was tossed out on a ridiculous technicality, as CommonDreams reports:
Just weeks ago, a federal judge dismissed the former Abu Ghraib prisoners lawsuit against CACI International on the grounds that because Abu Ghraib is oversees, it is beyond the jurisdiction of U.S. courts.
Wow, how convenient? A judge declared Its perfectly legal for the US to torture, well, anybody - as long as its done overseas? Theres no accountability? No consequences whatsoever? What a win for the US War Department! We can break every human rights law, every Geneva Convention protection, and as long as were waterboarding and electrocuting on foreign soil, nobody can sue us! Did Alberto torture memo Gonzales write that precedent himself?
As if the torture wasnt bad enough, now theyre being traumatized again by a lawsuit to recover court costs.
MPN has more of the story:
Less than 10 years after the world saw the first images of torture and abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, it is the victims who are now being sued by military contractor CACI International, seeking to recover fees from recent trials. Years later, victims are still struggling to cope with the memories from their ordeals.
When I remember it now, I just want to set myself on fire, says Taleb al-Maleji, a former Abu Ghraib prisoner, in an Al-Jazeera interview. I was one of those Linda [a U.S. soldier] forced to be naked. There were sniffer dogs and sound bombs. They would take off our clothes and splash cold water in the cells in winter on our blankets and clothes so we couldnt sleep or sit. Al-Maleji was never charged with a crime and was later released.
The plaintiffs charged that CACI was part of a conspiracy to subject prisoners to electric shocks; repeated brutal beatings; sleep deprivation; sensory deprivation; forced nudity; stress positions; sexual assault; mock executions; humiliation; hooding; isolated detention; and prolonged hanging from the limbs.
Its just a fraction of the alleged torture and misconduct that has been acknowledged by the Department of Defense dating back to 2004.
By the Department of the Armys own admission in the 2004 Taguba Report, army personnel and contractors were identified in acts that included Punching, slapping, and kicking detainees; jumping on their naked feet; Videotaping and photographing naked male and female detainees; and Forcibly arranging detainees in various sexually explicit positions for photographing, among other charges.
None of the contractors have been prosecuted and 11 soldiers have been convicted of various minor charges including dereliction of duty. Nobody has been charged in the deaths of several detainees.
So the US military doesnt deny the torture and abuses, which lead to death of some innocent detainees, but a US judge throws out the case. There will be no accountability by the torturers.
But those victims, those few survivors who still retain enough mental faculties to file a lawsuit, are now themselves being victimized again by the entity that subjected them to smears of feces, electrical shocks to the nipples, and sexual torture?
Common Dreams again:
Defense contractor CACI International has taken the shocking step of suing four former Abu Ghraib detainees who are seeking redress in U.S. courts for the companys role in torturing, humiliating and dehumanizing them, with the U.S. corporation recently requesting that the judge order the plaintiffsall of whom are Iraqito pay CACI for legal costs.
CACI is demanding over $15,000 in compensation, mostly for witness fees, travel allowances and deposition transcripts, according to court documents.
Given the wealth disparities between this multi-billion dollar entity and four torture victims, given what they went through, its surprising and appears to be an attempt to intimidate and punish these individuals for asserting their rights to sue in U.S. courts, Baher Azny, legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights, which is working on the case, told Common Dreams.
How dare those dirty detainees innocent shimmocent theyre Iraqi civilians, right? Theyre all criminals, right? Even the mothers and teenage bike couriers! How dare they try to sue us for what we did to them! Well show them whos boss, well sue them instead!
The Empire Strikes Back, indeed.
Now lets hear from the Teabaggers and Rapture Right Republicans: how do you defend these torturers, who have literally gotten away with murder? Are they doing Gods work here? Would Jesus approve? Is the CACI lawsuit against these innocent torture victims righteous and justified?
Hello? Anybody out there? </crickets>
-KBM
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Mandatory Monday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! Insult to Injury & a new Kitteh gif (Original Post)
ralps
Aug 2013
OP
good evening, ralps. awwwww, baby kitteh in cup is wayyyy too cute! the others, of course,
niyad
Aug 2013
#18
Liberal_Dog
(11,075 posts)1. Checking In...
Hi ralps. Hello Everyone.
ralps
(77,738 posts)3. Hi Liberal_Dog, You're 1st
ralps
(77,738 posts)2. Here's tonight's LOL Kittehs
niyad
(113,303 posts)18. good evening, ralps. awwwww, baby kitteh in cup is wayyyy too cute! the others, of course,
brought much-needed smiles and grins, with thanks. my furry waves a VERY sleepy little paw to you and crook wishing you both a wonderful and peaceful evening.
ralps
(77,738 posts)21. Thanks niyad! & Crook & I say thanks. Hugs to your furry!
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)4. Hi ralps!
ralps
(77,738 posts)5. Hi OnyxCollie!
Liberal_Dog
(11,075 posts)6. Hi OnyxCollie
no_hypocrisy
(46,104 posts)7. Hey y'all!
Liberal_Dog
(11,075 posts)8. Hi no_hypocrisy
ralps
(77,738 posts)9. Hi no_hypocrisy!
shenmue
(38,506 posts)10. Hi there
Mike is good!
ralps
(77,738 posts)11. Hi shenmue, For sure!
Liberal_Dog
(11,075 posts)12. Hi shenmue
tnlefty
(16,529 posts)13. Good evening Truthseekers!!
Hoping that everyone is well!
Convalescing duck is doing much better...she walks her laps on the pool deck, has been in the pool twice that I know of and she's currently on the diving board. Big cat fight here tonight between the younger cat, Taco, and the feral male...my girl just doesn't back down!
That kitten in the bowl is just too cute!
ralps
(77,738 posts)14. Hi tnlefty, Crook & I are doing good, How are you all? Hugs & Yay for the duck!
tnlefty
(16,529 posts)15. Hugs to you and Crook!!
Ms. Duck is improving...she's been out in the yard a couple of times, she gets back in when a drake threatens her...she's going to have to go back out into her world sometime soon.
niyad
(113,303 posts)19. good evening, tnlefty. great news about the duck!! hope the fight was not serious!!
niyad
(113,303 posts)17. a belated good evening. to everyone
ralps
(77,738 posts)22. Good Night Everyone, Have a great day tomorrow, Take Care & Keep It Lit!!