Images of torture at Abu Ghraib were published around the world in early 2004. This prompted numerous investigations by the U.S. government who declared that the abuses were merely “the actions of a few,” and promised that these atrocities were no longer occurring. They lied.
Torture continued to be routinely used on detainees at Abu Ghraib as disciplinary punishment for trivial offenses such as failing to follow instructions, or if an American soldier felt he was being “disrespected.” Typical torture techniques include the crushing of innocent Iraqis inside of improvised vices. This was done at the explicit command of the U.S. Army officers in charge of the facility.
SGT Michael Keller, a local Tampa software executive who enlisted in the Army National Guard five weeks after the al Qaeda attacks on America, was deployed to Abu Ghraib, Iraq in December of 2005. After discovering that torture was still being routinely practiced, he took on his chain-of-command, disregarding threats of punishment by superior officers, and ultimately prevailed; finally ending torture behind the walls of Abu Ghraib in early 2006. This story has not been told publicly until now.
Torture Central: E-mails from Abu Ghraib, recently published by iUniverse, details Keller’s extraordinary struggle. This “tell-all” exposé is unique, as it is primarily a collection of e-mails written by the soldier to an audience back home describing events in real-time as they occur.
The book contains numerous other revelations, such as: the killing of civilians (which are covered up by military intelligence officials), the indiscriminate detention and abuse of innocent Iraqi children, extreme graft by American contractors, etc.
Thought-provoking and full of chilling detail, Keller’s vivid look at Operation Iraqi Freedom is a must-read for every American with a conscience...
Web Site: www.torturecentral.com
Torture continued to be routinely used on detainees at Abu Ghraib as disciplinary punishment for trivial offenses such as failing to follow instructions, or if an American soldier felt he was being “disrespected.” Typical torture techniques include the crushing of innocent Iraqis inside of improvised vices. This was done at the explicit command of the U.S. Army officers in charge of the facility.
SGT Michael Keller, a local Tampa software executive who enlisted in the Army National Guard five weeks after the al Qaeda attacks on America, was deployed to Abu Ghraib, Iraq in December of 2005. After discovering that torture was still being routinely practiced, he took on his chain-of-command, disregarding threats of punishment by superior officers, and ultimately prevailed; finally ending torture behind the walls of Abu Ghraib in early 2006. This story has not been told publicly until now.
Torture Central: E-mails from Abu Ghraib, recently published by iUniverse, details Keller’s extraordinary struggle. This “tell-all” exposé is unique, as it is primarily a collection of e-mails written by the soldier to an audience back home describing events in real-time as they occur.
The book contains numerous other revelations, such as: the killing of civilians (which are covered up by military intelligence officials), the indiscriminate detention and abuse of innocent Iraqi children, extreme graft by American contractors, etc.
Thought-provoking and full of chilling detail, Keller’s vivid look at Operation Iraqi Freedom is a must-read for every American with a conscience...
Web Site: www.torturecentral.com
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