Virginia: Court Gives 3 Iraqis Detained at Abu Ghraib 42 Million Dollars

Someone got justice, I guess? 20 years later?

And American taxpayers have to pay for it? And no one went to jail?

Deutsche Welle:

A federal jury in Virginia on Tuesday ordered a US defense contractor to pay $42 million (€40 million) in damages to three Iraqi men tortured at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2003-2004.

The eight-person jury found CACI Premier Technology liable in the case for its role in the torture of detainees as the US carried out its war on al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and then later in Iraq.

Suhail Al Shimari, Salah Al-Ejaili and Asaad Al-Zubae were each awarded $3 million in compensatory damages and $11 million each in punitive damages.

Beyond claiming no contractors had contact with the defendants while at Abu Ghraib, lawyers for Virginia-based CACI argued the company was not responsible for their behavior as they were operating alongside US army personnel under a legal principle known as the “borrowed servants” doctrine.

All three Iraqis testified that they were physically and psychologically tortured; suffering beatings, sexual abuse, electroshocks, threatened with dogs as they stood naked and hooded, forced into stress positions, among other abuses.

“Today was a big day for me and for justice,” said Salah Al-Ejaili. The journalist released a written statement saying: “I’ve waited a long time for this day. This victory isn’t only for the three plaintiffs in this case against a corporation. This victory is a shining light for everyone who has been oppressed and a strong warning to any company or contractor practicing different forms of torture and abuse.”

America sets up torture centers that look like something out of Saw.

But please remember that they’re the good guys. They’re the good guys because they are gay and Jewish.

Even their torture is gay.