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Telegraph: Abu Ghraib abuse photos show rape
At least one picture shows an American soldier apparently raping a female prisoner while another is said to show a male translator raping a male detainee.
Further photographs are said to depict sexual assaults on prisoners with objects including a truncheon, wire and a phosphorescent tube.
Another apparently shows a female prisoner having her clothing forcibly removed to expose her breasts.
These are the photos the Obama administration is censoring, because, apparently, the consequence of releasing them “would be to inflame anti-American public opinion and to put our troops in greater danger.” Gee, ya think? But I’ll tell you what will inflame anti-American public opinion even more, Mr. President: not releasing the photos, thus looking like you’re trying to sweep this under the rug.
I mean, I don’t ever, ever want to see these photos, but now that we know what they show, they really do need to be released. It’s an essential step towards showing the rest of the world that we know what we did was wrong, and that we’re changing.
I mean, that’s what we voted for, right? Change?
*long, heavy sigh*
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