U.S. Security Company Seeks Dismissal of Abu Ghraib Torture Charges

[The Straight Story]

U.S. Security Company Seeks Dismissal of Abu Ghraib Torture Charges because Victims were not Allowed to Leave Iraq

CACI International, a U.S. defense contractor that supported the notorious Abu Ghraib prison during the Iraq war, is trying to get a lawsuit dismissed because some of the plaintiffs have been stuck in Iraq and are unable to enter the U.S.

In Al Shimari v. CACI, four Iraqis claim the contractor helped torture them while providing interrogation services at Abu Ghraib. All of them were ultimately released without being charged with a crime. They allege that CACI subjected them to a variety of torture techniques, including “electric shocks; repeated brutal beatings; sleep deprivation; sensory deprivation; forced nudity; stress positions; sexual assault; mock executions; humiliation; hooding; isolated detention; and prolonged hanging from the limbs.”

CACI lawyers have contended the case should be dismissed on two grounds. One argument centers on the fact that three of the plaintiffs have not appeared in court.

One plaintiff living in Qatar gave a deposition in person, while two others have been prevented from leaving Iraq. They had already received boarding passes for a flight from Baghdad to the United States when airport officials stopped them from actually boarding the flight.

http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/us-security-company-seeks-dismissal-of-abu-ghraib-torture-charges-because-victims-were-not-allowed-to-leave-iraq-130521?news=850084

[Bluenorthwest]

1. Amazing.

Sexual assault is called a 'technique'. People should be in jail for life.
Sexual assault is a technique? Who are these people? Who is refusing to punish them?

[OregonBlue]

2. Nowthere's a nice catch 22. U.S. stops them from leaving the country and then claims their case

should be dismissed because they were not present.