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Lifting the Hood - Iraq

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November 2005 As the 'hooded man' in the infamous Abu Ghraib pictures, Haj Ali became an icon of everything that was wrong with the US occupation. He tells his story and we hear from other prisoners "They stretched my hands in this position and attached the wires to them", states Haj Ali. "It felt like my eyes were popping out. I couldn't stand it." He spent three months being physically and psychologically tortured at Abu Ghraib. Interrogators wanted him to use his knowledge as a community leader to inform on other people. "They said 'give us the name of anyone you hate and we'll see it as co-operation and help you.'" In a nearby cell, army general Abu Maan was also being interrogated. "They stripped me and took photos of me in degrading positions", he recalls. Both men are angry that only junior officers have been disciplined for the abuse that went on at Abu Ghraib. Ilham al-Jumaili's husband Munadel was tortured to death there. It's his corpse that Sabrina Harman was photographed gloating over. "We didn't expect America to take Munadel and never return him", she laments. The victims of Abu Ghraib remain haunted by their experiences. In the words of Haj Ali "Only one thing has changed. The cameras have now disappeared The abuse still continues."

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Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm
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Length: 25:35
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Tags: Abu  Ali  Ghraib  Haj  Hooded  Injustice  Iraq  Journeyman  Occupation  Orange  Pictures  Torture  UN  US  

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smolaw1 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
It is amazing to me that people who lived under the brutality of Saddam Hussein would complain that the things depicted here -- essentially equivalent to college fraternity hazings -- are "torture" that has scarred them for life. Unbelievable. We really should have just left the Iraqis to their devices.
Rapbiii (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
18:42 is the best part, haha!!
Rapbiii (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
sad stuff makes me really know what usa is doing now shame for you americans, i spit on you too, the women that abused these people, i spit on your face.
maitham19871987 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
stop saying bullshit you stupid scum, in your profile everyone can see you live in US so don't try to represent the iraqies. there is no Humen deserve to be treated like this, only humen who think about doing it. and one of them is you
scheidde (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
Would they have preferred being hung upside down and have their feet whipped?
KYMAMI (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
hitler,and all the other white supremists as well...may you rot in a stench of hell and die many deaths..amen
gnulebin (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
A shame.
morpheous7 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
we only remember our dead and injured whilst ignore our crimes and injustices.
PhoenixIgnis (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
And Iraq did nothing to start the stupid war either. So therefor no, they did nothing to deserve torture. It was pure bullshit beginning to end. The disgusting thing is that Bush already pardoned himself for these monstrosities, bastard even tortured children. If there actually was a hell I can't think of a single man alive that would deserve to burn in it more than him.
clambandit404 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
I am sure they did nothing to get in the prison

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