Abu Ghraib

Abu Ghraib and Insaniyat Article by: Arshin Adib-Moghaddam “We have met the enemy, and he is us” Iraq is a different world than where we live in North America. Canadian values and culture of North America are vastly different from those of the Middle Eastern country that is the subject of an-article by Arshin Adib-Moghaddam titled Abu Gharib and Insaniyat. Following the terrorist attacks in New York in 2001 the differences between these two cultures seemed immense. The stories and images

anything that it touches” (Swhwartz, 2004 p. 2). A professor of Law at Loyola University, Marcy Strauss, studies criminal procedure and wrote a forty-two page manuscript on the lessons that should be discussed beyond news articles. Strauss said of Abu Ghraib, “Undoubtedly, these factors [poor training of guards, poor oversight and horrendous conditions] played a major role in facilitating the abuse. Correcting these conditions is imperative. But, to end the introspection there would be a mistake” (Strauss

The acts of torture performed on the inmates at Abu Ghraib were both cruel and inhumane. But what if the reason the guards tortured the inmates was due to the result of obedience from their superiors. The cause of the torture of the prisoners at Abu Ghraib could have stemmed from situational factors instead of the will of a few aggressive soldiers. Authority figures that use persuasive methods can be very influential. There are many circumstantial possibilities as to why the guards treated the

interviewing and debriefing the detainee victims in this case, resulted in significant long term physical and psychological suffering. Forensic psychological evaluations tests such as the Istanbul protocol were conducted on both former Iraqi detainees of Abu Ghraib. (Keller, 2006) The use of this test confirmed the significant amount of torture both physically and psychologically. Although Keller offered persuasive evidence to support his analysis of significant psychological trauma, from mistreatment during

Torture and state authorities: a case study of Abu Ghraib Persion ABSTRACT Iraqi prisoners subjected to torment and abuse at Abu Ghraib jail may keep on suffering from critical physical and mental results of their mishandle. This article reports two instances of Iraqi people supposedly tormented at Abu Ghraib. Itemized legal assessments were led around one year after their man touch as per worldwide rules. The discoveries of these assessments substantiate their charges of torment and affirm the

The My Lai massacre and the Abu Ghraib torture prison were both tragic events in history that Americans were involved in. The My Lai massacre took place during the Vietnam war in 1968. Lieutenant William Calley ordered the Charlie Company to proceed with the attack on the village of My Lai. Their goal was to exterminate the Viet Cong combatants and any one who stood in their way, but they ended up killing hundreds of innocent unarmed civilians instead. The Abu Ghraib torture and prison was an american

Abu Ghraib: The Stanford Prison Experiment in a Combat Zone Gilman F Cooper Creighton University ROTC  The Abu Ghraib torture scandal left a large blemish on the occupation of Iraq and George Bush’s War on terror. As stories of the torture happening in the Abu Ghraib prison began circulating, American citizens had trouble comprehending the acts of evil their soldiers had committed on Iraqis. Some began to see a correlation between Abu Ghraib and the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment. Though the

Dehumanization in the Holocaust and Abu Ghraib Throughout time, torture has been used as a cruel war tactic to exploit human beings and dehumanize the characteristics that give people their identities outside of prison walls. In Rena 's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz, Rena Kornreich tells her own accounts of the torture she experienced by both men and women during World War II. Similarly, Coco Fusco sheds light on the use of torture by women in the United States Abu Ghraib military scandal in A Field

Kohlberg’s morality theory defines various levels and stages where a person’s morality can be tested on a scale. Reviewing the Stanford prison experiment and the Abu Ghraib prison was interesting. The guards in the Stanford prison experiment reacted differently than each other and showed different levels of morality. In the Abu Ghraib prison, the guards were put in a real life situation where the morals were tested. It was fascinating to see how the two different scenarios had similar behaviors

Introduction The events that took place in Abu Ghraib and the disastrous results of the Stanford prison experiment are related because of their determining factors. The drastic actions that took place can be tied into the routine activities theory. As stated previously, these events are based on not having anyone suitable in control, which can also tie into the mistreatment of children or the elderly by their in-home care person(s). What took place? From what we know of these two horrible events