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Ex-Abu Ghraib prisoners sue US contractors, claim torture AFP Four Iraqis announced Monday in Istanbul they are suing two US firms
and their employees for allegedly torturing them at the notorious Abu
Ghraib prison in Bagdad five years ago. Their complaint was to be lodged Monday at courts in Maryland, Ohio and Washington -- the US states where the alleged torturers live -- as well as Michigan, where L-3 recruited most of its interpreters, said Gould in Istanbul, where he met with his clients from Iraq. He said the court cases would show that the accused were in Abu Ghraib and involved in a conspiracy that included the torture of the plaintiffs. Abu Ghraib prison became infamous after the publication in 2004 of photographs showing Iraqi detainees being humiliated and abused by their US guards. The scandal led to the sentencing of 11 soldiers to up to 10 years in prison. The majority of the abuse took place at the end of 2003, when CACI and Titan employees were working in the prison, US military courts have said. This the second set of lawsuits against CACI and L-3.
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