New financial statements from Engility Holdings of Chantilly, VA, reveal that the company’s subsidiary, L-3 services, has paid out $5 million related to its role in the abuse of Iraqi detainees at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison.
L-3 was one of two contractors sued for their roles in the torture of detainees. The other company, CACI, still has a case pending that is expected to go to trial over the summer.
“Private military contractors played a serious but often under-reported role in the worst abuses at Abu Ghraib,” noted Baher Azmy, the legal director at the Center for Constitutional Rights, who served as a lawyer for the 71 detainees. He confirmed the payout.
The federal appeals court essentially saved the two lawsuits last year in May, throwing out arguments that the cases should be dismissed in deference to the executive branch’s decisions to torture detainees during a war.
How do one put a price on what the US, bush, and his cohorts did to Iraq murder, mayhem,destruction,carnage, genocide heaped upon humans that posed no threat all for the sake of oil,and then had to pay their way and sneak out like a common thief in the dead of night.
The "bill" to be paid hasn't been tallied yet. When all the Iraqi children we've alienated – thru indiscriminately killing relatives and friends – come of age and take to arms to exact revenge on the invaders…THEN the bill will be paid and I hope I'm long gone when the time comes. Our foreign policies and the actions we've taken as a country to implement those policies are going to bring an expensive retaliation. Perhaps then, the US people will reflect internally and decide that it might be better to take responsibility for past crimes, prosecute those responsible, and learn to live as a contributing partner to the general welfare of the world society.
But, I'm not going to hold my breath…as they say. I've seen little evidence that the American people might step up and take responsibility for their actions…ever.
But, that's just this old Curmudgeon's opinion…
curmudgeonvt, This is not an opinion of an old man, it is called WISDOM !