Abu Ghraib To Reopen, Museum Planned

BAGHDAD - Iraq plans to renovate and reopen Abu Ghraib prison, the notorious site of executions and torture under Saddam Hussein and later of a U.S. prisoner abuse scandal.

The sprawling prison on Baghdad's western outskirts, which has not been used as a prison since 2006, will also feature a museum of crimes committed under former leader Saddam Hussein, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said on Wednesday.

"Iraq's cabinet has agreed to the Defence Ministry's proposal ... to renovate Abu Ghraib prison ... with the reservation of part of the prison as a museum of crimes of the previous regime," Dabbagh said in a statement.

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[jqcitizen]

Once the atrocities (War crimes?) at Abu Ghraib were exposed, the reaction, from President Bush, was to have the place destroyed. What was there to destroy other than evidence?
Rumsfeld lied, as normal, about what was going on there. He didn't know anything until he saw the photos like the rest of the world did. -So he claimed.
Tearing down the Berlin Wall was wonderful. But, the Brandenburg Gate remains as a reminder to the world of WWII. That infamous prison in Baghdad should forever remind the world of Saddam and as a reminder that even powerful politicians in DC can be corrupt.

[Mahi Joe]

Great photo op for Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice and Powell cutting the opening day ceremony ribbon. How proud they must be to be immortalized.

[guntotinganglion]

"...will also feature a museum of crimes committed under former leader Saddam Hussein"

They should spare no expense on the George W. Bush/Dick Cheney wings of the torture museum.

There are many who've been disappeared into the torture facility at Abu Ghraib, who have never been accounted for. I can name two, the daughter and wife of Izzat Ibrahim al Douri, who was one of Saddam's inside circle. They were kidnapped because they were family, and then offered for ransom by US forces when the US forces proved themselves impotent in tracking the guy down with traditional methods. Instead, they chose a method, which in this country carries a maximum penalty of death, i.e. kidnapping and holding for ransom (that ransom being al Douri himself, dead or alive). Unfortunately for his wife and daughter (who were bystanders, not combatants), al Douri never gave himself up, and they were sent to Abu Ghraib (at the exact time the infamous photos were being taken), and never heard from again. It's no stretch to assume, that as family members of a Saddam insider, they'd get "special" treatment, i.e. rape, torture, and most likely murder...with their bodies being disposed of quietly.

Bushemada is a permanent stain on the honor of this country, and the Republicans, in embracing his vile presence at the RNC, should be ashamed.

[USAisEVIL]

Oh how the Iraqi people must hate America. Who could blame them?

[lioness39]

The entire Middle East probably hates America.

[SouthpawSass]

Yes, I hear they've hired an architect who envisions the building in the shape of a pyramid - a naked human pyramid, with the front doors shaped like circular orbs. The handicapped accessible ramp will have cables as railings attached to those circular orbs. They'll have two vending machines, one with bread, the other with water, but in order to get anything out of them, you have to admit to hating America, then give the names of your friends and family. And to keep it really authentic, restrooms were elimintated, but you can squat in any corner...

[neetsie37]

"a museum of the crimes of the previous regime" ????????? Don't they mean "the Bush regime????
I hope they're going to hang life size posters of Bush and Cheney in there along with Saddam. At least he PAID for his crimes.

[Rickter]

Wow, can't wait to take the kids... I hear the Bush Cheney Torture exhibit will be good...

[Wiredwilly]

If it's " torture under Saddam Huessin " it's also " torture under George W. Bush ".
Reuters is propaganda.

[gcallaghan]

Please name it after Bush

[SouthpawSass]

Well that's one way Bush can get his Presidential library...

[marymansour]

Great Idea: THE GEORGE W. BUSH MUSEUM OF TORTURE.

[AdamWykle]

I think it would be more fitting if we dedicated the museum to the crimes of murder, abuse, rape and torture that we've committed in this country and to the many Iraqis we've killed thus far.

Lest we forget Lynndie England who should have a special exhibit of her own.