Abu Ghraib prison
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Template:Stub Abu Ghraib prison, located 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Baghdad, Iraq, was a notorious prison under Saddam Hussein's regime. During the occupation by the U.S.-led coalition, accounts of abuse of prisoners by U. S. forces emerged and led to courtmartials of several individuals.In 2004 Arundhati Roy told a meeting of the American Sociological Association in Berkeley broadcast on Democracy Now,
- Each of the Iraqi children killed by the United States was our child.
- Each prisoner tortured in Abu Ghraib was our comrade.[1]
Reference
- ↑ [http://nobsnews.blogspot.com/2004/08/arundhati-roy-transcript.html Transcript of Arundhati Roy Speaking to American Sociological Association] from Democracy Now
Further reading
- Abu Ghraib inmates aren't 'helpless' - they're lethal, Deroy Murdock, The Daily Oakland Press, May 24, 2004.