May 21, 2004
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New prisoner abuse accounts emerge
Graphic accounts by Iraqi prisoners of abuse at the hands of US soldiers have been published in a US newspaper, with fresh images depicting ill-treatment.
The new photos include:
- A naked prisoner who appears to be covered in excrement is paraded down a corridor
- A hooded detainee is pictured in a state of collapse
- A US soldier appears to be raining blows down on detainees sprawled on the floor.
The Washington Post report also describes a video clip which shows an inmate shackled to a door.
He repeatedly slams his head into the metal, leaving streaks of blood, before he ultimately collapses at the feet of the cameraman.
One detainee said he was asked by a soldier whether he believed in anything.
"I said to him, 'I believe in Allah.' So he said, 'But I believe in torture and I will torture you.'"
He said one soldier struck his broken leg and ordered him to curse Islam.
"Because they started to hit my broken leg, I curse my religion," the paper quoted him as saying. "They ordered me to thank Jesus I'm alive."
- A naked prisoner who appears to be covered in excrement is paraded down a corridor
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