US War Crimes: Torture of Iraqi Prisoners Exposed

http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=5/1/2004&Cat=2&Num=023

Iraqis See Dignity Crushed in Prison Abuse Photos
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5007059

America's shame
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1207484,00.html

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A single image retains the power to shock, even in this multi-media, broadband, 24-hour rolling news age. The picture of an Iraqi prisoner held by US forces in Abu Ghraib prison, forced to stand on a block with electrical wires attached to his body, clothed in a Ku Klux Klan-style hood, is more than just another embarrassment for the Bush administration. This and the other images, of naked Iraqi prisoners being abused and humiliated by their US captors, awakens every dark suspicion of US intentions in Iraq, and is the most effective recruiting sergeant for the forces of resistance inside and outside Iraq. This is not just a colossal blunder by the US - it inaugurates a whole new level of fears and dangers, both in Iraq and among many Muslims throughout the world.