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The photos from Iraq's Abu Ghraih prison shocked the world. This humiliation and torture as carried out by members of the American military. But it wasn't just A FEW BAD APPLES.
Aired November 16,
2005 at 9pm
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RESOURCES
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Abu Ghraib
The Road to Abu Ghraib - a report by the National's David Halton

OTHER SOURCES
Army Field Manual 34-52 (pdf file 14.4 MB)
Presidential Order on the Treatment of Non-Citizens in the War Against Terror - issued November 2001
Torture at Abu Ghraib - New Yorker article by Seymour Hersh
Chain of Command - New Yorker article by Seymour Hersh
The Gray Zone - New Yorker article by Seymour Hersh
USA: Pattern of brutality and cruelty, war crimes at Abu Ghraib - May 2004 report by Amnesty International
One Year After Abu Ghraib, torture continues - April 2005 report by Amnesty International
An Investigation of the Abu Ghraib Detention Facility (pdf file)

GOVERNMENT MEMOS
Memorandum for the humane treatment of Al Qaeda prisoners signed by president Bush in February 2002 (pdf file)
Memo on Counter-Resistance Techniques signed by Rumsfield in December 2002 (pdf file)
Memo on Counter-Resistance Techniques signed by Rumsfield in April 2003 (pdf file)
Memo written by General Rick Sanchez in September 2003
Memo written by General Rick Sanchez in October 2003

 

 

 

 

 

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