TORTURE AT ABU GHRAIB
 

Early this year, the senior U.S. Army commander in Iraq authorized a major investigation into the American Army's prison system there. 

The fifty-three-page report that resulted, which was written by Major General Antonio M. Taguba and was not meant for public release, was devastating. Taguba found numerous instances of "sadistic, blatant, and wanton criminal abuses" of Iraqis by American soldiers at the Abu Ghraib prison, located twenty miles west of Baghdad. This systematic and illegal abuse, Taguba reported, was perpetrated by members of the 320th Military Police Battalion, and also by members of the American intelligence community. 

There was considerable evidence to support the allegations, Taguba added, including "detailed witness statements and the discovery of extremely graphic photographic evidence"; the photographs, which were taken by American soldiers while the abuse was going on, were not included in the report, Taguba said, because of their "extremely sensitive nature." Here are ten of those photographs; we have digitally obscured some details.
 
 

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these photos are graphic images: do not view if you are prone to avoiding reality
 
 
 
 
 American GIs pose behind pyramid of Iraqi prisoners
The body of an Iraqi prisoner, 
wrapped in cellophane and packed in ice.		      Two hooded and naked Iraqi prisoners 
     made to simulate oral sex.
more photos were available; I chose this source because it "pixelated" some of the images; 
I showed only these examples of the type of photos being viewed worldwide... I mourn the loss 
of humanity and dignity every person must be given. These represent my country's shame.
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