SAN FRANCISCO -- Salon.com has posted 279 photographs and 19 videos on its Web site -- each a disturbing visual record of detainee abuses at the infamous, US-controlled Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. All Abu Ghraib images displayed by Salon.com are from the Army's internal investigation of the detainee abuses that took place over a 3-month period. According to Salon, they help clarify who's responsible -- but not yet held accountable -- for what happened to the detainees.
The Salon.com article that accompanies the images begins with these words:
"The human rights scandal now known as 'Abu Ghraib' began its journey toward exposure on January 13, 2004, when Spc. Joseph Darby handed over horrific images of detainee abuse to the Army's Criminal Investigation Command (CID). The next day, the Army launched a criminal investigation. Three and a half months later, CBS News and the New Yorker published photos and stories that introduced the world to devastating scenes of torture and suffering inside the decrepit prison in Iraq. 'Today Salon presents an archive of 279 photos and 19 videos of Abu Ghraib abuse first gathered by the CID, along with information drawn from the CID's own timeline of the events depicted. As we reported Feb. 16, Salon's Mark Benjamin recently acquired extensive documentation of the CID investigation -- including this photo archive and timeline -- from a military source who spent time at Abu Ghraib and who is familiar with the Army probe."
If you choose to follow the link (below) to Salon.com to view these images, please be aware that what you'll see is graphic and disturbing, and includes nudity.
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