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Lawsuit by Abu Ghraib Torture Survivors Ends in Mistrial Even as CACI's Role Made Clear in U.S. Court

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4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

We speak with the lead attorney in the historic case against U.S. military contractor CACI brought by three Iraqi survivors of torture at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, which just ended in mistrial.

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0:00.0

This is democracy now, democracy now.

0:05.0

Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report.

0:08.0

I'm Amy Goodman.

0:09.0

In Virginia historic case against US military contractor, CI used to be known as Kaki

0:16.2

brought by three Iraqi torture survivors at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq

0:21.7

has ended in mistrial after the jury Thursday failed to reach

0:24.9

unanimous verdict.

0:26.4

The lawsuit against CACI was first filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights in 2008.

0:34.1

Since then, the company repeatedly attempted

0:37.1

to have the case dismissed.

0:38.5

The plaintiffs are Suhel al-Shamari, Assad,

0:41.9

Zubai, and Salah al-A-Jali.

0:45.2

They'd accused CACI of conspiring to commit war crimes at Abu Ghraib.

0:50.7

Three were subjected to sexual abuse and other forms of torture by interrogators.

0:55.4

We interviewed one of the plaintiffs, Sala A.

0:59.3

On Democracy Now, back in 2014, a decade ago.

1:03.2

He talked about his time in solitary confinement at Abu Ghraib.

1:06.6

I know what I can't,

1:09.6

uh... attack, calitic, you can't

1:10.8

do it callotch, you know, I'm a story. These interrogations that happened every two or three days would last for an hour, an hour

1:19.3

and a half or two hours in this manner.

1:22.0

The details of the interrogations were different.

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