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'''Abu Ghraib prison,''' located 20 [[Mile|miles]] (32 [[Kilometer|kilometers]]) from [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]], was a notorious [[Prison|prison]] under [[Saddam Hussein|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 a major scandal.
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'''Abu Ghraib prison,''' located 20 [[Mile|miles]] (32 [[Kilometer|kilometers]]) from [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]], was a notorious [[Prison|prison]] under [[Saddam Hussein|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]],
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:''Each of the Iraqi children killed by the United States was our child.''
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:''Each prisoner tortured in Abu Ghraib was our comrade''.<ref>[http://nobsnews.blogspot.com/2004/08/arundhati-roy-transcript.html
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Transcript of Arundhati Roy Speaking to American Sociological Association] from Democracy Now</ref>
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==Further reading==
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*[http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/052404/opi_052454.shtml ''Abu Ghraib inmates aren't 'helpless' - they're lethal''], Deroy Murdock, The Daily Oakland Press, May 24, 2004.
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Revision as of 03:54, March 16, 2007

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]

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  1. [http://nobsnews.blogspot.com/2004/08/arundhati-roy-transcript.html Transcript of Arundhati Roy Speaking to American Sociological Association] from Democracy Now