Thursday, May 28, 2009

Abu Ghraib Abuse Photos 'Show Rape'

US soldiers walk through the halls inside the prison of Abu Ghraib, outside Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday 05 May 2004. Photo © EPA/ANJA NIEDRINGHAUS

From The Telegraph:

Photographs of alleged prisoner abuse which Barack Obama is attempting to censor include images of apparent rape and sexual abuse, it has emerged.

At least one picture shows an American soldier apparently raping a female prisoner while another is said to show a male translator raping a male detainee.

Further photographs are said to depict sexual assaults on prisoners with objects including a truncheon, wire and a phosphorescent tube.

Another apparently shows a female prisoner having her clothing forcibly removed to expose her breasts.

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My Comment: President Obama opened this box and now he cannot close it. This issue will now dog his Presidency as it did for President Bush.

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