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9 Aug 2005

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UPI

Lack of Abu Ghraib abuse charges queried [Iraq]

Human rights groups are questioning why no civilian contractors have been charged with abuses at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison. A Pentagon investigation last year said "several of the alleged perpetrators of the abuse of detainees" were private contractors [including Titan (now L-3 Titan, part of L-3 Communications, CACI], but noted they may not be subject to criminal prosecution because of the legal vacuum created during the U.S. administration of Iraq. The study covers the period from the start of May 2003 to the end of October 2004, and acknowledges employees of private contractors were directly involved in interrogating Iraqi detainees, the Financial Times reported.