Ian Fishback
 Ian Fishback     (soldier, whistleblower) | |
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| Born | January 19, 1979 |
| Died | November 19, 2021 (Age 42) |
| Nationality | American |
| Interests | • Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse • “War on Terror” |
US soldier who exposed the US torture practices during the "War on Terror", dead at 42. | |
Ian Fishback was a United States Army officer, who became known after he sent a letter to Senator John McCain of Arizona on September 16, 2005,[1][2] in which Fishback stated his concerns [3] about the continued abuse of prisoners held under the auspices of the "Global War on Terror".
Death
Paratrooper Officer Ian Fishback, who in 2005 exposed to US citizens the torture practices of the US Army, died on 19 November 2021 at a care facility. He was ruined and placed on anti-psychotics.
In 2005, he went up against the Pentagon and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld by raising the issue of prisoners of war abuse. As an officer in Afghanistan and Iraq, he had observed the impact on his men after they had witnessed the torture practiced by the United States.[4]
References
- ↑ http://archive.today/2024.11.25-234938/https://web.archive.org/web/20191219034622/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/82nd-airborne-accused-of-iraqi-war-prisoner-abuse
- ↑ https://www.americamagazine.org/issue/549/editorial/shame-torture
- ↑ https://www.hrw.org/report/2005/09/22/leadership-failure/firsthand-accounts-torture-iraqi-detainees-us-armys-82nd
- ↑ https://www.voltairenet.org/article215003.html
