Charles Graner
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Charles A. Graner Jr. is an American former soldier who was court-martialed for prisoner abuse after the 2003–2004 Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. Along with other soldiers of his Army Reserve unit, the 372nd Military Police Company, Graner was accused of allowing and inflicting sexual, physical, and psychological abuse on Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib prison, a notorious prison in Baghdad during the United States' occupation of Iraq.
Graner posing over the body of Manadel al-Jamadi, an Iraqi prisoner who was tortured to death during interrogation in Abu Ghraib prison in November 2003
The picture of Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh which prompted the investigation
Graner and Lynndie England posing with Iraqi detainees placed into a human pyramid.
Graner poses over the dead body of Manadel al-Jamadi, an Iraqi prisoner.
Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
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During the early stages of the Iraq War, members of the United States Army and the Central Intelligence Agency committed a series of human rights violations and war crimes against detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, including physical abuse, sexual humiliation, physical and psychological torture, and rape, as well as the killing of Manadel al-Jamadi and the desecration of his body. The abuses came to public attention with the publication of photographs of the abuse by CBS News in April 2004. The incidents caused shock and outrage, receiving widespread condemnation within the United States and internationally.
This image of a prisoner (Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh) being tortured has become internationally infamous, eventually making it onto the cover of The Economist (see "Media coverage" below)
Lynndie England holding a leash attached to a naked male prisoner, known to the guards as "Gus"
Sergeant Smith, a dog handler, uses a dog to scare a bound prisoner.
Sergeant Frederick interrogates a detainee chained to his cell wall in an uncomfortable position.