Since the public release of shocking images from the detention center, "Abu Ghraib" has become a by-word for prisoner torture and degradation. Why, then, are the security contractors who reportedly subjected detainees to torture and humiliation now suing former prisoners?

As Common Dreams reported, following a judge's decision that contractor CACI International was not guilty of war crime charge brought by former Abu Ghraib detainees, the firm is countersuing for compensation. It is important to stress that the charges against the contractors were dismissed in a U.S. court on the ground that the prison is located, and thus the crimes took place, overseas. Via Common Dreams:

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