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Rumsfeld: Unreleased images 'cruel and inhuman'
Defense secretary outlines panel to probe prisoner abuse
Saturday, May 8, 2004 Posted: 8:47 AM EDT (1247 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld revealed Friday that videos and "a lot more pictures" exist of the abuse of Iraqis held at Abu Ghraib prison.
"If these are released to the public, obviously it's going to make matters worse," Rumsfeld told the Senate Armed Services Committee. "I mean, I looked at them last night, and they're hard to believe."
The embattled defense secretary fielded sharp and skeptical questions from lawmakers as he testified about the growing prisoner abuse scandal. (Full story)
A military report about that abuse describes detainees being threatened, sodomized with a chemical light and forced into sexually humiliating poses.
Charges have been brought against seven service members, and investigations into events at the prison continue.
Military investigators have looked into -- or are continuing to investigate -- 35 cases of alleged abuse or deaths of prisoners in detention facilities in the Central Command theater, according to Army Secretary Les Brownlee. Two of those cases were deemed homicides, he said.
"The American public needs to understand we're talking about rape and murder here. We're not just talking about giving people a humiliating experience," Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told reporters after Rumsfeld testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
"We're talking about rape and murder -- and some very serious charges..."
Read the rest of the article on CNN.com: "Rumsfeld: Unreleased images 'cruel and inhuman'"
Rumsfeld: Unreleased images 'cruel and inhuman'
Defense secretary outlines panel to probe prisoner abuse
Saturday, May 8, 2004 Posted: 8:47 AM EDT (1247 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld revealed Friday that videos and "a lot more pictures" exist of the abuse of Iraqis held at Abu Ghraib prison.
"If these are released to the public, obviously it's going to make matters worse," Rumsfeld told the Senate Armed Services Committee. "I mean, I looked at them last night, and they're hard to believe."
The embattled defense secretary fielded sharp and skeptical questions from lawmakers as he testified about the growing prisoner abuse scandal. (Full story)
A military report about that abuse describes detainees being threatened, sodomized with a chemical light and forced into sexually humiliating poses.
Charges have been brought against seven service members, and investigations into events at the prison continue.
Military investigators have looked into -- or are continuing to investigate -- 35 cases of alleged abuse or deaths of prisoners in detention facilities in the Central Command theater, according to Army Secretary Les Brownlee. Two of those cases were deemed homicides, he said.
"The American public needs to understand we're talking about rape and murder here. We're not just talking about giving people a humiliating experience," Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told reporters after Rumsfeld testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
"We're talking about rape and murder -- and some very serious charges..."
Read the rest of the article on CNN.com: "Rumsfeld: Unreleased images 'cruel and inhuman'"
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