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Human Rights Group Tries to Cash In on Abu Ghraib
Knew it had to happen sooner or later. EFL, for full story, you have to sit through one of Salonâs lame ads. Sorry, but only place I found the story.....
An unusual racketeering lawsuit filed by unsuccessful ambulance chasers human rights lawyers accuses U.S. civilian contractors at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq of conspiring to execute, rape and torture prisoners to boost corporate profits from military payments. One person, identified in court documents only as a prisoner named Rasheed, told lawyers his tongue was shocked with electricity and his toenails pulled out. Another person, identified only as a prisoner named Ahmed, said he was forced to watch the Home Shopping Network while his 63-year-old father, Ibrahiem, was tortured to death.
I would think if this happened, the media would have been all over it already. Maybe Ahmed is having flashbacks from Saddamâs reign?
A plaintiff identified only as a prisoner named Neisef told lawyers he was raped by a female interrogator who left him naked on the floor, saying "It is our job to take your manhood away."
Fascinating how an allegation like this isnât in the official report.....
| "An' then... an' then she raped me, yer honor! She had these big ol' honkers! A' she stole my manhood right away! I've... I've... [SOB!] I've never seen it again!" |
Shereef Akeel, a Detroit lawyer, said the people he helps represent in the case were trying on their neck braces and practicing their limping as we speak! hoping to cash in really soon! "subjected to unspeakable crimes." The lawsuit seeks "substantial" payments for the crack legal squad who dreamed this crap up alleged victims and a ban on future government contracts for Titan Corp. (TTN) of San Diego and CACI International Inc. of Arlington, Va., whose employees worked as government interrogators and translators. Titan spokesman Wil Williams called the lawsuit "frivolous" and noted that the government has not formally accused any of its employees of abuse.
A mere technicality to a lawyer....theyâre just after a settlement, silly!
CACI said the company "summarily rejects and denies the ill-informed, slanderous and malicious allegations of the lawsuit that attempts to malign the work that we do on behalf of the U.S. government around the world and in Iraq." Michael Ratner, president of the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights, cited a litany of international rules against torture and abuse and said, "Unfortunately, in this case, our administration and a number of contractors are outside the law."
As opposed to Chirac, Arafart, Saddam, Binny and the rest of the gang who ALWAYS follow the Geneva Convention and UN resolutions.....
The lawyers acknowledged difficulties tracing eyewitness reports of abuse, because most of what they are alleging didnât happen some U.S. soldiers in Iraqi prisons didnât always wear uniforms and some civilian contractors wore military clothing. Contractors "were very careful in masking their identity," said Susan Burke, a Philadelphia lawyer leeching off working on the lawsuit.
| "We may never find out who that sex-crazed bitch was!" |
Posted by: Desert Blondie 2004-06-10 |
