Abu Ghraib Settlement: Defense Contractor Engility Holdings Pays $5M To Iraqi Torture Detainees

[Victor_c3]

1. Seems like they got off easy just paying roughly $5,000,000 to 71 people

That means each person got $74,366.20 before their lawyers took their cut.

When civilians were killed when I was in Iraq in 2004, we gave them about $2,000 each (if I remember right). I know that the money will go a lot further in those countries than it will here, but it doesn't seem like a lot of money. On the other hand, US Soldiers by default had $250,000 term life insurance policies when I was there.

I guess American Soldier lives are more important than Iraqi civilian lives. It kind of shows in the numbers of US dead versus Iraqi civilian dead too and the command attitudes towards "force protection at all costs". When in doubt, shoot first and ask questions later.