Media Mouse has posted this week’s Iraq Watch news update. This week’s update looks at the following topics:
- Iraqi Prisoner Died in Handcuffs During CIA Torture – A major expose by the Associated Press has revealed that an Iraqi whose corpse was photographed with grinning U.S. soldiers at Abu Ghraib died under CIA interrogation while suspended by his wrists, which had been handcuffed behind his back.
- Abuses by Private Contractors in Iraq Reported – There are new allegations that heavily armed private security contractors in Iraq are brutalizing Iraqi civilians. In an interview with NBC News, four former security contractors told that they watched as innocent Iraqi civilians were fired upon, and one crushed by a truck. The contractors worked for an American company named Custer Battles, hired by the Pentagon to conduct dangerous missions guarding supply convoys.
- US Accused of Plan to Muzzle Al-Jazeera Through Privatization – According to reports in the US and the Gulf, the Qatari government, owner of al-Jazeera since its foundation in 1996, has ordered privatization plans for the station to be speeded up. Many al-Jazeera employees fear this could lead to a loss of editorial freedom.
Read More: Iraq Watch.
Related posts:
