An Afghan court has found three Americans guilty of torturing Afghans in a private jail, a case that comes on the heels of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal in Iraq.
Jonathan K. "Jack" Idema, a former Green Beret and the alleged ringleader of the operation, received a 10-year jail term on Wednesday.
Brent Bennett, an Idema associate, got a 10-year jail term and Edward Caraballo, a journalist, received an eight-year-term.
They had denied the charges, saying they were operating in Afghanistan with the approval of the U.S. and Afghan governments.
Flogging the Simian has an 18 part series that investigates who he is, his ties to the US government, and the trial. Links to the series are on her sidebar along with a BBC video report about Jonathan K Jack Idema.
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