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Politics > Politics-USA |
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"Harry Hope" |
| Date: |
05 May 2004 08:01:38 PM |
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Elder Iraqi Woman abused at Abu Ghraib Prison |
Clwyd said the Iraqi woman was arrested in Iraq in July and accused of
having links to a former member of Saddam Hussein's regime -- a charge
she denied.
The abuse occurred last year in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison and at
another coalition detention center, Clwyd said.
"She was held for about six weeks without charge," the envoy told
Wednesday's Evening Standard newspaper.
"During that time she was insulted and told she was a donkey. A
harness was put on her, and an American rode on her back."
Clwyd said the woman has recovered physically but remains traumatized.
From The Associated Press, 5/5/04:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=518&u=/ap/20040505/ap_on_re_eu/britain_iraq_us_prisoner_abuse&printer=1
U.S. Troops Said to Mistreat Elder Iraqi
By SUE LEEMAN, Associated Press Writer
LONDON -
U.S. soldiers who detained an elderly Iraqi woman last year placed a
harness on her, made her crawl on all fours and rode her like a
donkey, Prime Minister Tony Blair's personal human rights envoy to
Iraq said Wednesday.
The envoy, legislator Ann Clwyd, said she had investigated the claims
of the woman in her 70s and believed they were true.
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One can only wonder about how many more horrors there are.
Harry
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