Twenty years after the shocking release of photos depicting abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, three survivors are set to have their day in U.S. court against military contractor CACI. The trial, scheduled to begin in Alexandria, Virginia, marks the first time Abu Ghraib survivors can present their claims of torture to a U.S. jury.
CACI, the defendant in the civil suit, provided interrogators to the prison and denies any wrongdoing, emphasizing that its employees were not directly involved in the abuse. However, the plaintiffs aim to hold CACI accountable for creating conditions that led to the torture they endured, citing evidence that CACI contractors instructed military police to mistreat detainees.
