Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Torture Photos

Some of the photos the administration has decided to oppose releasing include rape and sexual abuse at Abu Ghraib.
No less a personage than Antonio Taguba has confirmed it. I remember being so outraged that I made a copy of his report and read it at the time. He knew his career was over with the report, even though he's been precluded from doing a thorough investigation. We should put up a statue to him.
He doesn't think they should be released either, agrees with the administration's reasoning.

Detail of the content emerged from Major General Antonio Taguba, the former army officer who conducted an inquiry into the Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq.
Allegations of rape and abuse were included in his 2004 report but the fact there were photographs was never revealed. He has now confirmed their existence in an interview with the Daily Telegraph.
Of course it's the Brits who get this grisly story. No U.S. outlet would touch it. Let me know the first time you hear anything about it elsewhere.

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