HORROR OF IRAQ PRISON PICS
THE true extent of the shocking abuse of Iraqi prisoners at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison was revealed last night in a leaked US army report.
It contains 1,325 graphic images of suspected ill-treatment, including 29 photos of US soldiers simulating sex acts and 546 which appear to show the bodies of dead Iraqis. Others feature naked Iraqis kneeling or lying on the ground, some with women's underwear on their heads.
One picture shows a prisoner standing on a box wearing a hood while Staff Sergeant Ivan Chip bod Frederick stands nearby trimming his fingernails.
Frederick is currently serving eight years for his part in the mistreatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib.
A Pentagon spokesman last night tried to dismiss the revelations, saying: "There is nothing new here."
One of several newly published pictures from Abu Ghraib. Wikimedia Commons has similar and more graphic pictures  here
The online magazine, Salon.com claims to have received a DVD containing what may be all of the material from an Army investigation into the infamous Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal.

According to Salon's report, the DVD includes an investigative report by the Army's Criminal Investigation Command (CID).  In a report by Special Agent James E. Seigmund, the summary of the content includes, "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."

Salon claims their source is a uniformed officer who spent time at Abu Ghraib and is familiar with the CID investigation.  The DVD of material is described as all from a period of October 18, 2003 to December 30,2003.

In reporting on Salon's scoop, the Guardian reported that a Pentagon spokesman said recent reports, "could only further inflame and possibly incite unnecessary violence in the world".  Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the Prime Minister of Iraq condemned the abuse, whilst pointing out that members of US Forces had already been punished for it. 

Whilst the Salon report concedes that prosecutions related to the abuse continue, it notes that none of the CIA interrogators who were said to operate at the prison have been prosecuted and no high-ranking officer or official has yet been charged in relation to the abuse.