November 2005 As the 'hooded man' in the infamous Abu Ghraib pictures, Haj Ali became an icon of everything that was wrong with the US occupation. He tells his story and we hear from other prisoners
"They stretched my hands in this position and attached the wires to them", states Haj Ali. "It felt like my eyes were popping out. I couldn't stand it." He spent three months being physically and psychologically tortured at Abu Ghraib. Interrogators wanted him to use his knowledge as a community leader to inform on other people. "They said 'give us the name of anyone you hate and we'll see it as co-operation and help you.'" In a nearby cell, army general Abu Maan was also being interrogated. "They stripped me and took photos of me in degrading positions", he recalls. Both men are angry that only junior officers have been disciplined for the abuse that went on at Abu Ghraib. Ilham al-Jumaili's husband Munadel was tortured to death there. It's his corpse that Sabrina Harman was photographed gloating over. "We didn't expect America to take Munadel and never return him", she laments. The victims of Abu Ghraib remain haunted by their experiences. In the words of Haj Ali "Only one thing has changed. The cameras have now disappeared The abuse still continues."
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Comments on "Lifting the Hood - Iraq"
@thisisntkellie ... @thisisntkellie Perl Harbor Day, September 11, 2001. These are just a couple of examples why the US are so called bullies. Most of us do not condone what happened up there in this video. In fact it sickens us but we do have military personal out there who is doing a wonderful job and who has taken down 2 of the biggest terrorist threats to the world. Bullies? Meanies? So be? it!! Maybe this world will stop trying to kill us then. I support our military.Freedom isn't free.
@Blaze69Barca ... @Blaze69Barca Highly agree. I am not? a terrorist.
@Kevn3000 You be ... @Kevn3000 You be bad!! :) I was? kidding about that.
@Russian024 I am 43 ... @Russian024 I am 43. This account belongs to myself and my 2 girls who are 9 and 11. They upload Barbie videos of all things. I do shake my head at the things my country is responsible for. I had no choice in which country I was born in but I still love my country just as you love yours. Again I shake my head at? a lot of stuff that goes on and am embarrassed by the people who give us ALL a bad name. We really are decent people living here.
@Kwazziegirls How? ... @Kwazziegirls How? old are you? Untypical answer. Why kwazziegirls?
I love my country ... I love my country America the Beautiful!! I don't love war and I don't love the violence but I? love my country and all she stands for. Sorry you all see us this way but not all of us are bad.
the US are the real ... the US are the real terrorists?
true? terrorists. true? terrorists.
i guess the US and ... i guess the US and the middle east are just too different what we consider good or bad is different than what the? middle east considers good or bad. i mean im not trying to stereotype but i hear in the middle east you can marry multiple women which sounds great to me. (im in the US)
"israelIE is? an ... "israelIE is? an illegal state
israel is not the US' ally, it's the BOSS
israel is not a democracy it's a racial colony
Does any of this come? as a surprise to anyone? NO.
1) Israel is a rogue nation.
2) Israel is not obligated to comply with U.N. resolutions.
3) The U.S. is nothing more than a shoe shiner for IsraLIE.
4) The IsraLIE way of "reasoning" is by way of deception, manipulation, intimidation.
Enough? is enough. We've watch alot of thoses zionists wait for ur end kids killers"
All terrorists USA ... All terrorists USA claims they are fighting against are in fact US made. I'm not saying this because i watched this video...but because it is known to the whole world that iraq has no WMD. It was planning to build a safe nuclear station but was destroyed by Israel in 1981. USA knows there IS NO nuclear s**t? in iraq but used that as a reason to go there and steal oil. Bush, CIA and Blair are the three whom the responsibility of this war lies on.
AMERICAN CITIZENS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS
@itachiitachi1946
... @itachiitachi1946
Excuse me, but not all Americans are for what our government does. Despite the fact that the government is based on? what the people desire, there are those of us that have to be the minority, even in our own government's country. There are those of us who disagree with what is going on in the United States, just as much as you do.
@nougba7 no no...? @nougba7 no no...?
@rosecat22 whats ... @rosecat22 whats so? violent about christianity ?
I wanna say in USA ... I wanna say in USA there are too many psychiatric patients im Iraqi and U.S. citizenship,but these must be punished,Where is the justice? and ISLAM IS THE MOST PEACEFUL RELIGION EVER WITH MY RESPECT FOR ALL? RELIGIONS
i hope john cramer ... i hope john cramer from SAW catches these? pricks
are you Americans ... are you Americans proud? you f**king dicks.. you claim to be the peace keepers of the world when in fact you are terrorists. you kill men in high power and claim that as a signal to go to war for your own gains..im irish, as my culture states, we dont back down, it took? us a long time to get our freedom but for a small nation fighting an empire we did it..you Americans will get yours..you are the worlds hypocrites and i will laugh at the fall of your nation
Wow? Wow?
usa gays? are a ... usa gays? are a problem
@MZbhest if usa was ... @MZbhest if usa was full with ppl like u then things would be better and many more ppl would like usa.im glad that u know whats going on.be well and always use ur critical thought.dont let em manipulate u with their propaganda and shape ur opinion?
@itachiitachi1946 ... @itachiitachi1946 The thing is, most American's do not know these things are happening. They are brainwashed by government, religious, and corporate propaganda.? I am American and do not label other countries as you have described. I do not think America is great. I believe the world is broken, corruption has taken over, America is just as responsible, if not more, as every other current super power.
2011 Vancouver B.C. ... 2011 Vancouver B.C. Canada
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THE WHITE PEOPLE IN CANADA GET HIRED BEFORE THE OTHERS WITH UNION SENIORITY.
union seniority counts for? nothing in Canada If Your Not White Enough.
soso ich bin? blond soso ich bin? blond
@nougba7? you ... @nougba7? you forgot libya, north africa, pakistan
How the Americans ... How the Americans are destroying planet? earth
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Policy of the USA - ... Policy of the USA - lie, propagation, hypocrisy, double standards,?? cynicism, tortures, mockeries, plots, interventions in another's countries, intrusion, occupation, military bases worldwide and murders of peace people. The? USA? - EVIL EMPIRE!
cool ich? hab was ... cool ich? hab was unanständiges entdeckt
I would rather be ... I would rather be humiliated like this then have my head cut off by a butter knife.. U terrorist(Muslims) couldn't handle me in Iraq when I was there last.. As a matter of fact I was? the reason why a lot of children were daddyless :-D
