Jun 23 2009
Bacteria Cultures
Abu Ghurayb Presidential Palace site in Baghdad includes the Baghdad International Airport. The site is now occupied by US forces and is known as Cobra Base and headquarters of the Coalition Joint Task Force-7. It is also home to Camp Victory / Camp Victory South / Camp al-Nasr, the US Army base situated on the airport grounds. In mid-September 2004, as part of an Army-wide effort to give its facilities around Baghdad friendlier connotations, Camp Victory was also given the Arabic name translation of “Camp Al-Nasr”.
Baghdad Central Detention Center was formerly known as Abu Ghurayb Prison.
In late April 2004, a number of photographs surfaced which depicted abuse and torture of Iraqi prisoners held at the Abu Ghurayb prison while in US custody. Some of the pictures published depict US soldiers, both men and women in military uniforms, laughing and giving thumbs-up signs while posing with naked Iraqi prisoners made to stand, stacked in a pyramid or positioned to perform sex acts.
Twelve soldiers have been convicted of various charges relating to the incidents, all including dereliction of duty—most receiving relatively minor sentences. Two soldiers have either been cleared of charges or have not been charged. No one has been convicted for murders of detainees.
