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Abu Ghraib prison under Saddam Hussein
Capt. Doggett reported that only one journalists inquired about the nature of the actions that that led to internment for prisoners being held.
Capt. Doggett reported that only one journalists inquired about the nature of the actions that that led to internment for prisoners being held.
==Abu Ghraib under Saddam Hussein==
During Saddam Hussein’s rule in Iraq, countless reports of torture and execution at Abu Ghraib emerged. The US State Department records incidents at Abu Ghraib involving the amputation of prisoners’ limbs for the crime of conducting business in United States currency in 1994<ref>“Iraqis Dismembered by Saddam Received Artificial Limbs in U.S.” US State Department, 28 May 2004, http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2004&m=May&x=20040528165245cpataruK3.368777e-02 </ref> and the 2001 execution of 28 political prisoners in a wave of “prison cleansing.” <ref>Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Iraq 2001,” US State Department, March 4, 2002.
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/nea/8257.html</ref> Additionally, in a report detailing conditions in Iraq under Hussein, the White House records the execution of over 4,000 prisoners at Abu Ghraib in 1984 alone. <ref> “Life Under Saddam,” http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/04/20030404-1.html </ref>
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