A U.S. defense contractor that helped detain and interrogate prisoners during the Iraq war has paid more than $5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by former detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and other facilities.
Images from Abu Ghraib
![This image obtained by The Associated Press shows an unidentified detainee standing on a box with a bag on his head and wires attatched to him in late 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq.](https://gdb.voanews.com/327ec4cc-ea03-461c-acb5-f3a1f812af7e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This image obtained by The Associated Press shows an unidentified detainee standing on a box with a bag on his head and wires attatched to him in late 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq.
![This is image obtained by The Associated Press shows Pfc. Lynndie England holding a leash attached to a detainee in late 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f2c96154-83c5-4a10-af55-45e745da7730_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This is image obtained by The Associated Press shows Pfc. Lynndie England holding a leash attached to a detainee in late 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq.
![Soldiers take up position at the Democracy monument after the coup was declared in Bangkok, May 22, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a4daeb30-10df-4eb2-b9e6-86af7f62978e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Soldiers take up position at the Democracy monument after the coup was declared in Bangkok, May 22, 2014.
![This image obtained by The Associated Press shows Cpl. Charles A. Graner Jr. appearing to punch one of several handcuffed detainees lying on the floor in late 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5a637151-566b-476a-8de3-f7cb93530e76_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This image obtained by The Associated Press shows Cpl. Charles A. Graner Jr. appearing to punch one of several handcuffed detainees lying on the floor in late 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq.