Deleted:Ashraf Abdullah Ahsy
Ashraf Abdullah Ahsy is an Iraqi who was subjected to "extended interrogation techniques" including the use of dogs.[1] Ahsy's story is notable as the Bush administration tried to portray the abuse portrayed in the famous Abu Ghraib prisoner scandal as the unauthorized, after-hours amusement of rogue "psychos". But the dog handlers claim they had explicit instructions from higher officers.[2]
Colonel Thomas Pappas, the senior military intelligence officer at Abu Ghraib, acknowledges that he ordered the use of dogs in interrogations.[3][2] Pappas has said he believed that Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez had authorized him to order the use of interrogation techniques, like the use of dogs, that were not listed in the permitted techniques in the U.S. Army's Field Manual on interrogation. Pappas initially said he couldn't recall whether he had ordered dogs used on Ahsy.
The Washington Post reports that Ahsy was considered a "high value detainee", whose interrogation was followed by senior Pentagon officers.[2]
Ahsy was captured, traveling to Iraq on the merchant vessel Manar, on December 9, 2003, while accompanying a shipment of cars his employer was importing. The reasons why Ahsy was considered a high value detainee has not been made public. He was released in October 2004.
References
- ↑ "Post Monday: Top commanders approved use of dogs at Guantanamo Bay". The Raw Story. 2006-03-12. Archived from the original on 2006-03-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20060329154451/http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Post_Monday_Top_commanders_approved_use_0312.html. Retrieved 2024-04-06. "Ahsy could become a central figure in Smith’s trial because attorneys for the Abu Ghraib dog handlers have said military intelligence (MI) directed the soldiers to use their animals as part of an interrogation regimen, one that top officers approved in December 2003. Unlike others implicated in the Abu Ghraib abuse, the dog handlers can point directly to approvals of the technique in question from top commanders."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Josh White (2006-03-16). "Officer Says He Wrongly Approved Use of Dogs". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2006-03-16. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2006/03/16/officer-says-he-wrongly-approved-use-of-dogs-span-classbankheadtactic-employed-at-abu-ghraib-span/ff1b9113-7f70-4260-a782-7958e00bb15b/. Retrieved 2024-04-06. "Evidence has shown that one detainee whom Smith allegedly abused -- Ashraf Abdullah Ahsy al-Juhayshi -- was a suspected al-Qaeda operative and the subject of a "special project team" that some at the prison believed had authority to use severe tactics."
- ↑ Josh White (2006-03-13). "Detainee in Photo With Dog Was 'High-Value' Suspect". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2008-10-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20081015152258/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/12/AR2006031200962.html. Retrieved 2024-04-06. "Ahsy's story, and his months of intense interrogations, contrast with statements by U.S. officials that the images of abuse at Abu Ghraib depicted malfeasance of a few soldiers randomly selecting victims on the night shift."
