Tortured Abu Ghraib inmates receive $5M settlement for their ordeal

The Abu Ghraib prison will be forever linked with haunting images of hooded inmates being stacked into human pyramids or being taunted by soldier Lynndie England. Seventy-one of the inmates held at the Iraqi detention center and other U.S.-run prisons have been awarded a $5M settlement, stemming from the torture that they endured at the hands of defense contractor L-3 Services. The U.S. government is "immune from lawsuits stemming from combatant activities of the military in time of war," but contractors like L-3 can still face legal action — at least for now. "This litigation attempts to close that gap in accountability and give back some of [the contractors'] extravagant profits to individuals they harmed," an attorney for the detainees said. [Source]

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