BAGHDAD — An unnamed woman, her face shielded behind a curtain and her voice masked, gave a harrowing account today of torture and sexual abuse at the hands of Saddam Hussein’s security forces during the trial of the former Iraqi leader.
“They forced me to take off my clothes,� said the woman, referred to only as Witness A by the court. “They kept my legs up. They handcuffed me and started beating me with cables. It wasn’t just one guard, it was many guards.�
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Defense attorneys also attempted to score political points against the U.S., the trial’s principle international backer.
“I agree that things in Abu Ghraib were, until recently, bad, but did they use dogs on you? Did they take photographs?� asked one defense attorney, attempting to raise the issue of U.S. prisoner abuse at the prison.
“No,� she replied.
Consider me embarassed.
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