Abu Ghraib

Abu Ghraib is the Baghdad prison where the media had field day with reports of US soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners. Now, the Americans have gone, taking most of the prisoners with them and the Iraqis have taken over. Are the remaining inmates happy to be free of the cruel, infidel invaders? Apparently not, according to the Sunday Telegraph.

Some of the small number of prisoners who remained in the jail after the Americans left said they had pleaded to go with their departing captors, rather than be left in the hands of Iraqi guards."The Americans were better than the Iraqis. They treated us better," said Khalid Alaani, who was held on suspicion of involvement in Sunni terrorism.

It seems their new Iraqi gaolers have taken away their televison and are treating the terrorists worse than the Americans did . You just can't please some people.

It will be interesting to see if the meedja makes such a fuss about Abu Ghraib as it formerly did.