Hill Leaders See More Abuse Photos: ; Interrogation Techniques Will Remain, Rumsfeld Says
Charleston Gazette › May 13, 2004
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WASHINGTON - U.S. lawmakers were visibly shaken Wednesday after viewing fresh pictures and video they said depicted forced sex, brutality and dogs snarling at cowed prisoners of the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, Iraq.
Some members of Congress said they feared that making the images public would inflame international outrage and endanger Americans still in Iraq. The private screening of more than 1,600 photos in a top-secret room of the U.S. Capitol came one day after Islamic militants announced they had beheaded an American in Iraq to avenge abuse at the prison.See the full content of this document
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Hill Leaders See More Abuse Photos: ; Interrogation Techniques Will Remain, Rumsfeld Says
"I don't know how the hell these people got into our army," said Colorado Republican Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell after viewing what he called a fraction of the images.
"I saw cruel, sadistic t...See the full content of this document
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