Detainee Abuse at Abu Ghraib Prison :

Sadism or Scapegoating? The Institutional and Discursive Support for Torture in the War on Terror

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  • Rachel Joyce King's College London

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https://doi.org/10.54945/jjia.v3i1.41

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Abu Ghraib, Terrorism, Torture, Dehumanisation

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This article analyses the reports of various military and intelligence institutions in the United States in response to the Abu Ghraib torture scandal which destroyed the reputation of the armed forces in the Iraqi theatre of war in 2004. The photographs delegitimised the mission and provoked strong reaction from the occupied Iraqis. The reports attributed culpability for the abuses perpetrated on the imprisoned Iraqis to 'sadistic' and criminal soldiers and deflected responsibility from senior members of the military and the decay within the institution itself, brought on by the discourse of terror and the introduction of techniques amounting to torture. This article, taking Abu Ghraib and the avoidance of responsibility for atrocity as an example, seeks to comment on the presumed limitations imposed on the applicability of international law during the 'War on Terror', the brutality of the military as an institution and the resulting alterations in the mind-set of individualsbyinherentdehumanisation of theenemyin conflict.

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Rachel Joyce, King's College London

PhD Candidate, King's College London and Legal Consultant and Researcher at the Every Casualty programme of Oxford Research Group.

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2013-10-01

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Joyce, R. (2013). Detainee Abuse at Abu Ghraib Prison : : Sadism or Scapegoating? The Institutional and Discursive Support for Torture in the War on Terror. Jindal Journal of International Affairs, 3(1), 42–84. https://doi.org/10.54945/jjia.v3i1.41

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