New Torture Photos Published

New Torture Photos Published

Sky News | May 6 2004

Pressure is growing on the United States over the abuse of Iraqi prisoners after the publication of more photographs allegedly taken at the Abu Gharaib prison near Baghdad.

The Washington Post has obtained more than 1,000 digital images ranging from scenes of mundane military life to pictures appearing to show American soldiers abusing prisoners in a jail in Iraq.

Many of the soldiers wear ID bands. However, The Post said it could not eliminate the possibility that some of those images were staged.

The paper said the photographs, taken between last summer and winter, were passed around among military police who served at the Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad.

According to the paper, the photographs were taken by several digital cameras and loaded onto compact discs, which circulated among soldiers in the 372nd Military Police Company. The pictures were among those seized by military investigators looking into conditions at Abu Ghraib, a source close to the unit was quoted as saying.

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