Where is the end to prisoner abuse?

Are we surprised? The answer is negative. The attitude and methods of atrocities have crossed all human limits. This is not an isolated incident in 'Abu Gharib'; rather it is part of systematic abuses carried out in all prisons/detention centres under US led forces in Iraq, Afghanistan, Cuba and the like. Iraq is the oldest civilisation in the Middle East but its long drawn tradition and culture is once again the prey to the cruel hawks. The methods of atrocities in Iraq are manifold; to exemplify, on 19 May 2004, US helicopter gun-ships killed around 40 persons near Iraq-Syria border when innocent people were celebrating the wedding in a traditional way. After experiencing these terrible incidents against humanity, whom do we call the 'evil-doers'? Today, undoubtedly 'Abu Gharib' stands as the testimony to imperial hegemony. The court martial of accused soldiers under exclusively coalition control is only 'eye-wash' to the whole world. While the Iraqis are abused/tortured/killed in coalition custody; the world would also like to see that the accused US soldiers are tried with participation of Iraqis in open courts.

Such transparency would only mark the start of a protracted 'damage-control' measure.