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IRAQ: Abuse Of Iraqi POWs By US Soldiers in Abu Ghraib Prison

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Last month, the U.S. Army announced 17 soldiers in Iraq, including a brigadier general, had been removed from duty after charges of mistreating Iraqi prisoners. But the details of what happened have been kept secret, until now.

It turns out photographs surfaced showing American soldiers abusing and humiliating Iraqis being held at a prison near Baghdad. The Army investigated, and issued a scathing report.

Now, an Army general and her command staff may face the end of long military careers.

And six soldiers are facing court martial in Iraq -- and possible prison time. Read here for more

Excerpts from Justin Raimondo's article Depravity as 'Liberation'

The torture of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison is emblematic of our crazed foreign policy.

The Abu Ghraib prison was a symbol of Saddam's horrific tyranny: electrodes hanging out of the walls, floors stained with the blood of god-knows-how-many victims, bodies dangling from meat-hooks, like in some cheap Grade-B horror flick.

So when the Americans came and "liberated" the place, the long-suffering Iraqi people were supposed to be grateful.

After all, the sadistic torturers of the Ba'athist regime were gone, and it was a new day – or was it?

Well, not all that new, according to a shocking report broadcast by CBS the other night. 60 Minutes II showed photos taken of American soldiers guarding the prison torturing their charges.

The images show the American "liberators" liberating their own perverted libidos, posed next to naked prisoners who were being forced into simulating sex with each other. In one macabre shot, a hooded prisoner stands precariously perched on a pedestal, with electrodes attached to his arms: he is reportedly told that if he falls, he'll be electrocuted.

There are several photos in which naked prisoners are stacked in a pyramid, and one with a slur written on his skin in English.

Photos in the possession of the military authorities show a prisoner whose genitals are attached to wires.

In one, a dog is shown attacking an Iraqi prisoner.

The authorities are investigating the account of an Iraqi who alleges that a translator, hired by the Americans to work at Abu Ghraib, raped a male juvenile prisoner:

"They covered all the doors with sheets. I heard the screaming. ...and the female soldier was taking pictures."

Included in this photo-montage of Operation Iraqi Freedom is a picture of a badly beaten corpse.

"In most of the pictures," Dan Rather reports, "the Americans are laughing, posing, pointing, or giving the camera a thumbs-up."

This is how we're "liberating" Iraq.

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