11. Antonio Taguba and his report, May 2004

Antonio Taguba and his report, May 2004

 



Major General Antonio Tagua of the US Army was the individual in charge of the investigation on the abuse scandal at Abu Gharib.  It was his goal to go there and find out the truth behind the details of the alleged abuse against the detainees.

 

Joseph Darby was the individual that was the first to stumble upon the photographs taken at Abu Ghraib and report them to the officials.  In February 2004, which in Iraq he was amazed at how much abuse was at the Iraq prison. 

 

It was not until May of 2004 that he would release his findings of the abuse of the detainees from October to December of 2003.  He reported that the Military police's abuse was intentionally carried through by the 273nd Military Policy Company.