Abu Ghraib prison
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Abu Ghraib prison was a prison complex in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, located 32 kilometers west of Baghdad. It became internationally known as a place where Saddam Hussein's government tortured and executed di
Abu Ghraib cell block in 2005
US Military Police officer Megan Ambuhl restraining and sedating a prisoner, while a soldier holds him down
Picture of Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh, one of the prisoners subjected to torture and abuse by U.S. guards at Abu Ghraib
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 Abu Ghr
Abu Ghraib prison
…Baghdad. It became internationally known as a place where Saddam Hussein's government tortured and executed dissidents, and later as the site of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal where the United States military's torture of Iraqi detainees was revealed in a series of photographs published in worldwide news media. Abu…
Known as The Hooded Man, this picture of Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh being tortured became an internationally famous symbol of the torture at Abu Ghraib and was featured on the cover of The Economist (see § Media coverage).
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 a stress position.