Great Guardian article on U.S. forces torture scandal in Iraq.

[Cascadian]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1206725,00.html

It also mentions that the U.S. military also used private contractors to use for interrigations thus washing the military's hands of torturing Iraq prisoners themselves. This is a story that must not go away and should blow wide open what else maybe going on inside Iraq itself and the U.S. forces occupation there.


John

[LittleApple81]

1. Contractors? What does it mean you don't have jurisdiction? So

why were they authorized to deal with the prisoners? This is really fubar.

[htuttle]

6. That's right -- the US says they have no jurisdiction over them

One civilian contractor was accused of raping a young male prisoner but has not been charged because military law has no jurisdiction over him.

(snip)

Colonel Jill Morgenthaler, speaking for central command, told the Guardian: "One contractor was originally included with six soldiers, accused for his treatment of the prisoners, but we had no jurisdiction over him. It was left up to the contractor on how to deal with him."

She did not specify the accusation facing the contractor, but according to several sources with detailed knowledge of the case, he raped an Iraqi inmate in his mid-teens.

[ablbodyed]

2. This gives a CLEARER understanding of....

why the Falloujah incident happened. Those people knew what the contractors were there for. Aerican patriots indeed!!!!!!!!!!!

[mopaul]

3. aaaAAAAhhhh......contractors why didn't I think of that?

hired killers, torturing happily, with no impunity or rules.
america the ugly

[slaveplanet]

4. who want's to bet

that many of these psychos turn out to be Wackenhut private prison guards from stateside....

[0007]

5. Makes one proud to be an American, 'eh?

[enough]

7. Why are soldiers taking orders from civilians in ANY situation?

Does this happen often?

[KoKo]

8. This article has more detail than the CBS report up on their webpage.

Does anyone know if any of our newspapers have report the details naming the names of the "private contractors" and their responsibility?

Always depend on the Guardian for the "real indepth" story. We don't ever get that here where stories are "one day wonders" and drift off into the memory hole.