Abu Ghraib Guards Kept a Log Of Prison Conditions, Practices

Washington Post ^ | October 25, 2004 | Josh White

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The military police soldiers who ran the high-security wing of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq kept an unofficial log of their daily activities, a diary of sorts that documents the conditions that gripped the prison during the months that detainees were abused in what would later erupt into an international scandal.

From Oct. 19, 2003, to Jan. 18, 2004 -- just days after digital photographs of soldiers mistreating prisoners were turned in to Army criminal investigators -- the members of the 372nd Military Police Company who ran tiers 1A and 1B at Abu Ghraib jotted their experiences in a light green ledger kept in a prison office. On the log's cover is printed in large, handwritten letters: "MI Wing." A copy of the log was obtained by The Washington Post.

Day after day, the log's more than 50 pages of handwritten notes and observations describe a spartan prison where some inmates inexplicably vomited after meals, a detainee regularly covered himself in his own feces, and others sharpened toothbrushes into makeshift weapons. There were fights, attacks on soldiers and riots.[snip]

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Some Army officials said Graner's entries could very well be the work of someone covering their inappropriate behavior. There are omissions of events, such as the sexual humiliation that was captured on the soldiers' cameras......."

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The bold runs along with what I think happened.

[Misschuck]

Instead of constant pictures and references to Abu Ghraib perhaps we could see something of the survivors of 9/11.
From what I heard the clean up site of the World Trade Center was a pretty grisly. Pardon me, I do not want to offend anyone, but aren't we a little confused here?

[Chief_Joe]

From Oct. 19, 2003, to Jan. 18, 2004 -- just days after digital photographs of soldiers mistreating prisoners were turned in to Army criminal investigators -- the members of the 372nd Military Police Company who ran tiers 1A and 1B at Abu Ghraib jotted their experiences in a light green ledger kept in a prison office.

There's such a thing as CYA and blatant CYA. This article indicates the soldiers involved in these incidents engaged in the latter.

[Anti-Bubba182]

It is obvious to me. All this kind of thing can do for them is reinforce charges of conspiracy. When amatuers try to manipulate something like this it often makes it worse.

If Staff Sgt. Frederick's father had not contacted Hackworth and gotten all of this public in a big way, embarrassing the Army and damaging our efforts in Iraq, I don't think he would have gotten 8yrs. and a Dishonorable Discharge after pleading guilty.

The Army is primed to throw these people under the train after all the flack over this.

[TomGuy]

I knew we would get another round of Abu Ghraib in before the election! The MSM are so predictable.

Now, will they try to raise another GWB NG service doubt?

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"..The MSM are so predictable."

Yep, and they stink on ice. In this particular story though, it appears the soldiers involved were covering their butts.

[Oztrich Boy]

From Oct. 19, 2003, to Jan. 18, 2004 -- just days after digital photographs of soldiers mistreating prisoners were turned in to Army criminal investigators --
There's such a thing as CYA and blatant CYA.

And in view of the timing of her recent delivery, January 18 would have been about the day young Lynndie England went and got herself pregnant.