Joshua Casteel -Iraqi Veterans Against War - ex Abu Ghraib interrogator speaks in Cork. July 26th,

cork | anti-war / imperialism | event notice Tuesday July 18, 2006 20:39 by Pat OSullivan.

Joshua Casteel, a member of the Iraqi Veterans Against War, and a former interrogator at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, will speak of his experiences at a public meeting organised by Cork Alliance Against War, Wed July 26th, Metropole Hotel, Macurtain St. 8pm

It is over 2 years since the appalling Abu Ghraib photos appeared in the media. Research shows that more than 600 U.S. personnel have been implicated in abuse of over 460 detainees in U.S. custody in Iraq, Afghanistan, and at Guantanamo Bay, yet the U.S. has taken only limited steps to investigate and punish those implicated.

A briefing paper presents findings of the Detainee Abuse and Accountability Project (DAA) a joint project of New York Universitys Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, Human Rights Watch and Human Rights First initiated 2005. The project is the first comprehensive accounting of credible allegations of torture and abuse in U.S. custody in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo.

Casteel was so sickened by what went on while he was at Abu Ghraib that he applied for conscientious objector status and now works in the US with IVAW.