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US Reforming Iraq Prisons.
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APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East
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June 9, 2008
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As a further step towards Iraqi sovereignty, the US is incorporating the American-run detention system into its larger counter-insurgency strategy before handing its prisons in Iraq over to the government. In reforming its prisons in Iraq, the US is also seeking to help the Baghdad government develop a system of detention and rehabilitation of prisoners with the aim of curbing terrorism throughout the country. In parallel, the US is working on a genuine national reconciliation process to end sectarianism and ethnic discrimination.
Once a byword for torture and disgrace, the US-run detention system in Iraq has improved, even critics say, as the military strategy seeks to ...
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Lessons from Abu Ghraib; Morality aside, experts say prisoner abuse is...
The Christian Science Monitor;
May 5, 2004 ;
787 words
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Hell On Earth.(prisoner abuse and breakdown of military command at Abu...
U.S. News & World Report;
July 19, 2004 ;
Pound, Edward T. Roane, Kit R.;
787 words
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A JOURNALIST'S PLIGHT IN ABU GHRAIB
The Boston Globe;
May 30, 2004 ;
Charles M. Sennott;
732 words
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War in Iraq -- Images of Prison Torture Linger -- Beatings and executions...
Yakima Herald-Republic;
April 14, 2003 ;
HAMZA HENDAWI;
519 words
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The Boston Globe;
April 28, 2005 ;
Charlie Savage, Globe Staff;
787 words
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Guard Convicted In the First Trial From Abu Ghraib; Graner Faces 15 Years...
The Washington Post;
January 15, 2005 ;
T.R. Reid;
787 words
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For Abu Ghraib, a limited prosecution; Responsibility for the crimes has...
The Christian Science Monitor;
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787 words
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Nudity was interrogation method at Abu Ghraib: witness
The Hindustan Times;
August 23, 2007 ;
645 words
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Pentagon Justice; No officer will serve jail time for the crimes at the...
The Washington Post;
September 2, 2007 ;
481 words
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Abu Ghraib 'may close in three months'
China Daily;
March 11, 2006 ;
685 words
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The shame of Abu Ghraib
Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.;
March 24, 2008 ;
Richard Cohen;
719 words
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Abu Ghraib Prison Has Notorious Past
AP Online;
May 7, 2004 ;
JIM KRANE, Associated Press Writer;
787 words
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Iraqi prisoners included kids, commander reports; Records provide some...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);
March 11, 2005 ;
ASSOCIATED PRESS;
472 words
......Children held by the U.S. Army at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison included one boy who appeared...officials investigating prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib. "He told me his brother was there with...hundreds of pages of Army records about Abu Ghraib the American Civil Liberties Union released...
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Abu Ghraib Prison Set To Be Demolished
Getty Images;
May 25, 2004 ;
Wathiq Khuzaie;
114 words
...Wathiq Khuzaie Getty Images 05-25-2004 ABU GHRAIB, IRAQ - MAY 25: An Iraqi woman shows...picture of her sons, who are detained in Abu Ghraib prison, as she participates in a sit-in protest, outside Abu Ghraib prison, against the mistreatment of...
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AT ABU GHRAIB, US SEEKS TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT
The Boston Globe;
June 12, 2004 ;
Thanassis Cambanis, Globe Staff;
787 words
...ABU GHRAIB, Iraq Every day at Abu Ghraib prison, about 200 smiling detainees receive visitors and pose...recently allowed a Globe reporter a glimpse of reforms enacted at Abu Ghraib designed to improve quality of life and prevent repeat instances...
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