April 30, 2004
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A photo from TV shows naked prisoners positioned in a human pyramid. Photo: Sky News
Photos show jail abuse by US troops
United States soldiers at a prison outside Baghdad have been accused of forcing Iraqi prisoners into acts of sexual humiliation and other abuses.
Some of the photographs, and descriptions of others, were broadcast in the US on Wednesday by a CBS television news program.
In one photograph naked Iraq prisoners stand in a human pyramid, one with a slur written on his skin in English.
In another, a prisoner stands on a box, his head covered, wires attached to his body. The news show said that he had been told that if he fell off the box he would be electrocuted. Other photographs show male prisoners positioned to simulate sex with each other.
"The pictures show Americans, men and women, in military uniforms, posing with naked Iraqi prisoners."
"And in most of the pictures, the Americans are laughing, posing, pointing or giving the camera a thumbs-up."
The army also had photographs showing a detainee with wires attached to his genitals and another that showed a dog attacking a prisoner.
Comments (8)
ha ha they deserve it.
People wonder why other countries have such a poor opinion of the US. Enough said.
who derserves it? the prisoners?!
Uh Uh.
Disgusting. And what's equally disgusting is that there's probably a lot of people that feel like they deserved it. I can't understand it.
Absolutley disgusting! I think that must be classified as a war crime its also an absolute violation of the geneva convention.
nobody deserves that, its just completely disgusting. the human race can be so fucked up sometimes
o my...thats terrible
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