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Seeds of Abu Ghraib
December 26, 2005 issue

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The article focuses on U.S. Army Special Charles Graner Jr., who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for crimes of assault, conspiracy, dereliction and committing indecent acts while at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq. The question of whether or not Graner was under orders from his superiors to conduct acts of torture is discussed. It is the author's view that prison guards have naturally high stress levels and hair-trigger tempers. It is suggested that there was evidence that Graner was capable of vicious acts even before he was stationed at Abu Ghraib.

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GRANER, Charles; TORTURE; CRIMINAL procedure; SOLDIERS; PRISONERS -- Abuse of; UNITED States -- Armed Forces; UNITED States -- Politics & government -- 2001-; UNITED States
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