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Lifting the Hood - The Prisoners of Abu Ghraib
Most of us have seen the sickening images that emerged from Abu Ghraib in early 2004. We've seen 9 US soldiers tried and reprimanded for their part in softening up detainees. We've heard the responses from George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld to the claims of systematic abuse. Dateline's Olivia Rousset speaks to the men beneath the hoods, the men who were forced into humiliating and soul destroying positions and situations in Abu Ghraib.  The former detainees give us an insight into life behind bars and they speak of widespread abuse of both men and women.   We also hear from the family of a 'ghost detainee', Munadel al Jamaili, who was tortured to death within 24 hours of his arrest.  

The Italian Job 
Following in the theme of human rights violations, Bronwyn Adcock looks at another case in Milan, Italy. In February 2003 a known radical cleric, Abu Omar, was bundled into a white van and whisked away without trace. Bronwyn details the deft Italian police investigation; revealing an extravagant CIA plot to kidnap Abu Omar, whisk him illegally out of Italy from a US air base and render him to Egyptian authorities for unfettered interrogation.  Italian authorities are furious with the supposed allies; the CIA operatives had the audacity to pluck the suspect from under their noses and compromise their own investigation into the imam.  Bronwyn has gained remarkable access to the documents supporting the charges against the CIA agents and speaks with the head prosecutor in this case.

About International Dateline 

SBS Dateline, which began in 1984, is Australia's longest-running international current affairs program. It has a well-earned reputation for authoritative and incisive reporting. Dateline has taken the traditional way of producing TV current affairs and turned it on its head. Reporters who used to travel with a cameraperson and sound recordist now travel alone and have the responsibility of both filming and reporting their stories. The reporters became video-journalists, gaining access to people and places that the conventional camera crews cannot.