The Unaccountables.
Although some of the 25,000 civilian contractors working for the U.S. military in Iraq may well have engaged in torture, they cannot be prosecuted for their crimes. According to many observers in Iraq, instances of contractor abuse are hugely underreported by victims and underinvestigated by the mi...
| Publicado en: | American Prospect Vol. 17; no. 9; pp. 44 - 49 |
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September 2006
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