01:01 PM EST, 11/12/2024 (MT Newswires) -- CACI International ( CACI ) shares responsibility with the US Army for abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib prison and should pay $42 million in damages to three Iraqi men, The Washington Post reported Tuesday, citing a federal jury decision.

The verdict marks the first time that a civilian contractor has been held legally responsible for the mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib facility, according to the report.

CACI's ( CACI ) lawyers had argued that the company's employees were interrogators at Abu Ghraib prison and were not involved in the abuses in any way, the report said.

CACI ( CACI ) did not immediately respond to MT Newswires' request for comment.

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