Signs of the Times
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February 18, 2006

Two days ago, online magazine Salon.com announcedd that they had
obtained files and other electronic documents from an internal Army
investigation into the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal.

The files, from the Army's Criminal Investigation Command contained a
total of 1,325 new images of suspected detainee abuse, 93 video files
of suspected detainee abuse, 660 images of adult pornography, 546
images of suspected dead Iraqi detainees, 29 images of soldiers in
simulated sexual acts, 20 images of a soldier with a Swastika drawn
between his eyes, 37 images of Military Working dogs being used in
abuse of detainees and 125 images of questionable acts. Based on time
signatures of the digital cameras used, all the photographs and videos
were taken between Oct. 18, 2003, and Dec. 30, 2003. Some of the images
can be seen here.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/02/16/abu_ghraib/portfolio.html

Over a period of about 10 weeks in 2003 then, the US military and
members of the CIA, acting on the orders of the Pentagon and
undoubtedly with the knowledge of members of the US government,
tortured 546 Iraqi prisoners to death in Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad.

That 'higher ups' were well aware of, and indeed were deliberately
orchestrating these acts is evidenced by the many testimonies by
'lowly' U.S. soldiers who were forced to carry the can for the
depravity of their superiors. One notable example is that of Army
Reserve Staff Sgt. Chip Frederick who was interviewed by 60 Minutes in
April 2004:

"We had no support, no training whatsoever. And I kept asking my
chain of command for certain things...like rules and regulations,"
says Frederick. "And it just wasn't happening."

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