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Brett Wilkins, Crooks and Liars
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 5:31am

US Contractor Must Pay Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Millions

In a landmark verdict cheered by human rights defenders around the world, a federal jury in Virginia found a U.S. military contractor liable for the torture of three prisoners at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison during the invasion and occupation of Iraq in the early 2000s. The jury ordered CACI Premier Technology to pay each of the three Iraqi plaintiffs $3 million in compensatory damages and $11 million in punitive damages, for a total of $42 million.

 

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