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Defense Contractor To Award $5 Million Settlement To Abu Ghraib Detainees

by Tom Kludt

01.09.13 | 4:48 am

Defense contractor Engility Holdings Inc. of Chantilly, Va. will award a $5.28 million settlement to 71 former prisoners of Abu Ghraib and other U.S.-run prisons in Iraq, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.

A subsidiary of Engility Holdings was accused of torturing detainees at Abu Ghraib.

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Tom Kludt Tom Kludt is a reporter for Talking Points Memo based in New York City, covering media and national affairs. Originally from South Dakota, Tom joined TPM as an intern in late-2011 and became a staff member during the 2012 election. He can be reached at tom@talkingpointsmemo.com.

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