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US contractor pays Iraqis US$5 mil. over Abu Ghraib

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January 10, 2013, 12:04 am TWN

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WASHINGTON--A U.S. defense contractor accused of helping torture prisoners at Iraq's infamous Abu Ghraib prison has paid former detainees more than US$5 million to settle a lawsuit, according to regulatory filings obtained by AFP on Wednesday.

The plaintiffs, 72 former detainees, alleged that L-3 Services Inc. (now called Engility Holdings) and others, “either participated in, approved of, or condoned the mistreatment of prisoners by United States military officials,” according to the document.

“On October 5, 2012, we and the plaintiffs agreed to resolve and dismiss the action in return for a payment of US$5.28 million,” the company wrote in its third quarter report to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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