Jury Finds US Military Contractor CACI Guilty Of Abu Ghraib Torture
The verdict marked the first time that any U.S. military contractor was held liable for torture during the "war on terrorism."
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Iraqi torture survivors won a major jury verdict against CACI, a United States military contractor that was responsible for their cruel and inhuman treatment at Abu Ghraib more than twenty years ago.
The jury awarded the three survivors—Salah Al-Ejaili, a journalist, Suhail Al-Shimari, a middle school principal, Asa’ad Zuba’e, a fruit vendor—$3 million in compensatory damages and $11 million in punitive damages.
This was the second trial for Iraqi torture survivors. As The Dissenter previously covered, the first trial in August ended in a mistrial. But more crucially, the verdict marked the first time that any U.S. military contractor was held liable for torture that occurred after the September 11th attacks as part of the global “war on terrorism.”
Salah Al-Ejaili, a plaintiff and reporter for Al Jazeera who was detained at Abu Ghraib for six weeks, said it was “difficult to find the words” for this incredible moment. But he added, “We won a big victory” after 16 years of litigation. “Finally, we [reached] some justice for some of the Abu Ghraib detainees.”
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"A lawsuit on behalf of Iraqi torture survivors was filed by Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in 2008. "
Hat tip to the late great Michael Ratner <3
The additional article over at the dissenter exposes how corporate malfeasance profits of torture and confinement to steal Iraqi oil. Great decision to build the case against these contractors after 16 years of litigation and millions of destroyed lives!!! Almost as long as Assange’s confinement for revealing the war crimes in the collateral deaths video.