Abu Ghraib Guards Were Scapegoats, US Lawyers Say
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Two military guards implicated in the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal in Iraq were good soldiers caught in a muddled chain of command at a chaotic prison, their lawyers
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Defense attorneys for a military police soldier charged with detainee abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq argued in court Monday that their client was a pawn in
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Conditions at the Abu Ghraib prison were so "deplorable" that rats and wild dogs were a common sight and edible food and water were scarce, a witness testified Wednesday in the penalty phase for a soldier who has pleaded guilty to abusing detainees.
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An international legal team has filed a criminal complaint against US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other top US officials over the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD: The court martial hearings for two US soldiers charged in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal were due to start, with one of the men expected to ask his trial be moved back to the United States.
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The "just following orders" defense didn't work for the alleged leader of the abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, but lawyers for at least one other soldier facing court-martial in the scandal still intend to use it.
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Top defense officials and military leaders are at least partly responsible for the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib and other prisons because of leadership deficiencies and a failure to address worsening conditions at the facilities, according to newspaper reports citing two separate investigations.
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U.S. military intelligence soldiers  and civilian contractors working with them were directly  involved in the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib jail to  a greater extent than previously acknowledged, an Army report  released on Wednesday found.
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A museum's plans to exhibit photos of abuse at U.S.-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq have angered some veterans advocates, who say it will be tantamount to convicting soldiers still on trial.
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FORT HOOD, Texas  - Two Iraqi victims of U.S.  abuse at Abu Ghraib prison were expected tell their stories in  videotaped testimony on Tuesday as prosecutors wind up their  case against Spc. Charles Graner, a low-ranking reservist seen  as the leading figure in the scandal.
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A U.S. Army investigation into abuse  at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq finds they resulted from failures  of leadership at the highest levels of command, the Washington  Post reported on Friday.
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Details of the role civilian contractors played in the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq sparked fresh debate yesterday about the effectiveness of laws and rules meant to govern workers hired to support the military. -The Washington Post
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WASHINGTON - Two dozen people will be blamed by an Army investigation into the abuse of inmates at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, says a senior defense official.    The official, who spoke Wednesday on condition of anonymity, provided no details of the report...
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US army doctors working at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq helped design abusive interrogation methods and failed to report deaths triggered by beatings, according to a study to be published in the Lancet journal on Saturday.
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WASHINGTON -- An Army inquiry into prisoner abuse in Iraq has found that almost three dozen intelligence personnel at the Abu Ghraib prison either colluded with guards to mistreat detainees, personally abused and tortured inmates, or ignored the abuse, officials said yesterday.
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BERLIN -- A group of American civil rights attorneys filed a criminal complaint in German court yesterday against top US authorities, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, for acts of torture committed at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
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The attorney for a soldier charged in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal said Thursday the government is trying to intimidate defense lawyers and witnesses by making them sign