Meet Satar Jabar

Staff Sgt. Ivan “Chip” Frederick clips his fingernails as a detainee nicknamed “Gilligan” 11 p.m. on November 4, 2003. Testimony of Spec. Sabrina Harman to military investigators on January 15, 2004: “I put wires on his hand. I do not recall how. I was joking with him and told him if he fell off, he would get electrocuted.”

Introduction

by Housewife4Palestine

I have always wondered what this man’s alleged crime was and what his name was to be broadcast the world over with the most heinous picture of torture by the American Military at the time which so happened to came out of the infamous Abu Ghraib prison.

What was more interesting as it turns out his crime was not terrorism in any form, but rather Carjacking.

He was not a dangerous criminal in any manner, unless it was to hijack someone’s Alfa Romeo, so for Satar to be abused in this manner or anyone for that matter is irreprehensible.

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Background:

Satar Jabar was a prisoner at Abu Ghraib prison who was subjected to psychological torture while detained.

Jabar was not in Abu Ghraib on charges of terrorism, as is commonly believed, but rather for carjacking.

Jabar was hooded, positioned on a box, and had wires attached to both hands and his penis and was told that he would be electrocuted if he fell off. The army claims, however, that the wires were not live and that the prisoner at no time faced actual electrocution, only the threat thereof.

This was later contradicted by Jabar, who stated in an interview that the wires were electrified and had been used to give shocks.

The image of this event was one of the most prominent to be featured in the media coverage of the scandal and frequently reappeared as a symbol for the abuse within Abu Ghraib in various examples of political cartoons and politically driven graffiti.

His silhouette has already become an icon of abuse.