New Abu Ghraib Photos

February 16, 2006 10:58 AM

Disturbing New Photos from Abu Ghraib. Salon has obtained files and other electronic documents from an internal Army investigation into the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal. The material, which includes more than 1,000 photographs, videos and supporting documents from the Army's probe, may represent all of the photographic and video evidence that pertains to that investigation.
posted by P-Soque (20 comments total)

So what will Dick Cheney do?

A. Call for a boycott of P-Soque products.

B. Burn the P-Soque Flag.

C. Burn the P-Soque Embassy.

D. Defend P-Soque's actions as a right of free speech.
posted by three blind mice at 11:02 AM on February 16, 2006

Before someone complains that this should have been appended to the existing thread these files and documents extend beyond those from Australia -- and IMO deserves a new FPP.
posted by ericb at 11:04 AM on February 16, 2006

Double.
posted by LarryC at 11:05 AM on February 16, 2006

Cheney responds by putting said pictures on a shirt.
posted by sonofsamiam at 11:05 AM on February 16, 2006

Cheney will accidentally pepper P-Soque in a hunting accident, thus deflecting the media's attention in the perfect PR gambit.
posted by tweak at 11:06 AM on February 16, 2006

Cheney will then fall on his own sword and resign, a story that will again derail attention from the latest, as-yet-unforeseen administration scandal.
posted by tweak at 11:06 AM on February 16, 2006

Wow. Not only were they evil enough to do the abuse, then stupid enough to take pictures of it, but they were evil and stupid enough to take HUNDREDS of pictures and videos. What were they thinking? "Hey, let's start a web site?"
posted by fungible at 11:07 AM on February 16, 2006

'Entirety' of Ghraib photos printed

"The files, from the Army's Criminal Investigation Command (CID), include hundreds of images that have never been publicly released. Along with the unpublished material, the material obtained by Salon also appears to include all of the famous photographs published after the Abu Ghraib scandal broke in April 2004, as well as the photographs and videos published Wednesday by the Australian television news show 'Dateline.'"

posted by ericb at 11:10 AM on February 16, 2006

Wow. Not only were they evil enough to do the abuse, then stupid enough to take pictures of it, but they were evil and stupid enough to take HUNDREDS of pictures and videos. What were they thinking? "Hey, let's start a web site?"

I really hate to Godwinize this thread so early, but honestly, a lot of different regimes have had an unhealthy obsession with "record-keeping." The mind boggles.
posted by tweak at 11:11 AM on February 16, 2006

I thought this was a dupe too, but it looks like Salon obtained media for the whole investigation (1,325 images); whereas the Sydney Morning Herald only got 60 new pics.
posted by karson at 11:13 AM on February 16, 2006

...1,325 images of suspected detainee abuse, 93 video files of suspected detainee abuse, 660 images of adult pornography, 546 images of suspected dead Iraqi detainees, 29 images of soldiers in simulated sexual acts, 20 images of a soldier with a Swastika drawn between his eyes, 37 images of Military Working dogs being used in abuse of detainees and 125 images of questionable acts...

Based on time signatures of the digital cameras used, all the photographs and videos were taken between Oct. 18, 2003, and Dec. 30, 2003.

All taken in one period of less than 45 days in 2003.
posted by George_Spiggott at 11:13 AM on February 16, 2006

All taken in one period of less than 45 days in 2003.

Makes one wonder what wasn't caught on film!
posted by ericb at 11:14 AM on February 16, 2006

I think the soldiers here Godwinized the thread already. Bold is mine:

That report includes the following summary of the material included: "A review of all the computer media submitted to this office revealed a total of 1,325 images of suspected detainee abuse, 93 video files of suspected detainee abuse, 660 images of adult pornography, 546 images of suspected dead Iraqi detainees, 29 images of soldiers in simulated sexual acts, 20 images of a soldier with a Swastika drawn between his eyes, 37 images of Military Working dogs being used in abuse of detainees and 125 images of questionable acts."

Also, "they" in this case were not the Bush administration, but the soldiers involved in the abuse.
posted by Joey Michaels at 11:14 AM on February 16, 2006

So what will Dick Cheney do?

Invite P-Soque quail-hunting, of course.
posted by clevershark at 11:17 AM on February 16, 2006

If I click on this link, am I going to see pictures, or can I read an article there without seeing pictures?
posted by leapingsheep at 11:18 AM on February 16, 2006

"Hey, let's start a web site?"
posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:26 AM on February 16, 2006

You'll see one picture, which is a person strapped to a bed. Not that bad compared to other photos.
posted by chunking express at 11:26 AM on February 16, 2006

I think the soldiers here Godwinized the thread already.
...20 images of a soldier with a Swastika drawn between his eyes...

Joey: are you sure that this isn't a Manson reference?
posted by NoMich at 11:26 AM on February 16, 2006

Thanks, chungking express.
posted by leapingsheep at 11:34 AM on February 16, 2006

It could be a Manson reference but, of course, Manson was referencing Nazis.
posted by Joey Michaels at 11:40 AM on February 16, 2006