The images, broadcast as part of the “60 Minutes II” program, demonstrated male and female U.S. troops laughing and joking in front of naked, hooded Iraqi prisoners in the Abu Ghraib prison.
The photos showed soldiers who run the prison, most them reserve troops, placing prisoners on top of boxes and tying their arms with cables, telling them that if they fell off, they would be electrocuted.
One photo shows a pyramid of naked prisoners with insults in English written on their bodies, and with soldiers standing on top of them. Several other photos showed prisoners forced to pose as though they were sodomizing each other or having oral sex with each other.
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The photos showed soldiers who run the prison, most them reserve troops, placing prisoners on top of boxes and tying their arms with cables, telling them that if they fell off, they would be electrocuted.
One photo shows a pyramid of naked prisoners with insults in English written on their bodies, and with soldiers standing on top of them. Several other photos showed prisoners forced to pose as though they were sodomizing each other or having oral sex with each other.
Gary Myers, the lawyer for one of the enlisted men charged, said in an interview that the military had treated the six soldiers as scapegoats and had failed to address adequately the responsibilities of senior commanders and intelligence personnel involved in the interrogations.
"This case involves a monumental failure of leadership, where lower-level enlisted people are being scapegoated," Myers said. "The real story is not in these six young enlisted people. The real story is the manner in which the intelligence community forced them into this position."
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"This case involves a monumental failure of leadership, where lower-level enlisted people are being scapegoated," Myers said. "The real story is not in these six young enlisted people. The real story is the manner in which the intelligence community forced them into this position."
Excuse me?
What a sick lot. The bunch of them, enlisted men (and women!) and commanders alike.
I dont' know why Iraqis hate us. But I think they're jealous and they hate freedom.
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