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Iraqis tortured at Abu Ghraib awarded US$42 million from US defence contractor

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Federal jury orders US defence contractor to pay US$42 million in damages to three Iraqi men.

Civilian employees from CACI were accused of encouraging US soldiers to abuse detainees.

Suhail Al Shimari , a middle school principal, Asa’ad Zuba’e , a fruit vendor and Salah Al-Ejaili , a journalist, were each awarded US$14 million .

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73

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30

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formal

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English

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64

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likely offensive

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