Did anyone know there were prison riots in Abu Ghreib?

[Stocat]

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In most cells, lethargy chokes the air. Temperatures during Iraq's summer reach 122 degrees. Many of the men wear long white shorts and little else as they lie sprawled on foam mattresses on the floor. Metal bunks were removed after prisoners, during riots in April, made knives from the iron and pried locks open.

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"Can I give him this picture of his child?" asked one woman, smiling shyly and holding a picture of her infant. Another woman gave her baby daughter to a guard, who carried the child to the prisoners' side so the father could hold her briefly.


An American adviser shook his head. "They're not supposed to do that," he said, sighing.

The Iraqis say they're ready to take on the responsibility of running the prison, but they fear the fury of their countrymen because they're dealing with the Americans. Insurgents have threatened to kill any Iraqis they conclude are collaborating with the enemy.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=7&u=/ap/20040711/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_abu_ghraib_reborn

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. Mazan Dana knew

and he also knew that US troops killed a number of prisoners while they were in their tents, in retaliation for one of the uprisings. This is probably why the US troops killed him in cold blood. He knew and saw too much.

http://www.indybay.org/uploads/mazen_dana.mpg

[wkirby]

2. I had no idea . . .

I hadn't heard about that at all. Thanks for the links and coverage. It's a shame how our news outlets are afraid to report the truth behind the news in fear that if it makes a Republican President look bad, they'll be accused of not being fair and balanced. What a shame . . .

-Will

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Welcome to DU

Stick around, there's a ton of stuff that gets posted here, that you won't find in the corportate controlled US press.

[tom_paine]

4. Of coursde the Imperial Subjects of Amerika were not allowed to know this

Too much information is troubling to Totalitarian Subjects like Amerikans.

You cannot run a Putin/Bush "Managed Democracy" properly if the Subjects have ready access to information.