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April 16, 2024

3 Iraqi Survivors of Abu Ghraib Bring Torture Case Against U.S. Contractor to Trial
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In Virginia, three Iraqi survivors of torture by U.S. guards at the
notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq headed to federal court Monday for
the start of a much-anticipated trial against U.S. military contractor
CACI, which was hired to provide interrogation services at Abu Ghraib.
The lawsuit was first filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights in
2008. Since then, CACI repeatedly attempted to have the case dismissed.
Plaintiffs Suhail Al Shimari, Asa'ad Zuba'e and Salah Al-Ejaili accuse
CACI of conspiring to commit war crimes at Abu Ghraib. The three were
subjected to sexual abuse, electric shocks, exposed to extreme
temperatures and death threats by their interrogators.


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