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May 28, 2009

Ex-Officer: Blocked Photos Showed Rape, Sexual Abuse at Abu Ghraib
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The former Army officer in charge of investigating the Abu Graib scandal
says the photos recently blocked by President Obama include images of
rape and sexual abuse. In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Major
General Antonio Taguba said at least one picture shows a US soldier
raping a female prisoner while another shows a male translator raping a
male prisoner. Taguba says other photographs show sexual assaults with
objects including a truncheon, wire and a phosphorescent tube. The Obama
administration recently drew criticism when it reversed a pledge to
allow the photographs’ release.



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