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Saturday, May 08, 2004

OIL WARS



The 19-year-old soldier in this photo, Army Pfc. Lynndie England, joined the army straight from school. According to her mother, her commanders told her and her fellow soldiers to do whatever was necessary to make the prisoners talk. She is now in the US, pregnant to a fellow soldier. Because she appeared in many of the released photos, she is now facing charges.

Bush apologises for torture of Iraqi prisoners ... but not to the Iraqis

More images and videos of Iraqi prisoner abuse will surface in the investigation of the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners held by the coalition authority, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told congressional investigators.
"If these are released to the public, obviously it's going to make matters worse," he told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

US Army Report on Torture of Iraqis in Abu Ghraib Prison
INVESTIGATION OF THE 800th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE [prepared by Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba]