Iraq photos Obama won’t release allegedly show U.S. soldiers raping detainees
Photographs of Iraqi prisoner abuse which U.S. President Barack Obama does not want released include images of apparent rape and sexual abuse, Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Thursday…
The newspaper said at least one picture showed an American soldier apparently raping a female prisoner while another is said to show a male translator raping a male detainee.
“The publication of these photos would not add any additional benefit to our understanding of what was carried out in the past by a small number of individuals,” the president said at a White House briefing.
2 years agoWell, I for one am feeling a bit had. You’ll recall that the GOP line of attack on the abuse photos previously was that they were indicative of nothing more than the equivalent of fraternity pranks. Well, I don’t know what fraternity these boys went to, but US soldiers raping female prisoners goes far beyond a frat prank… This most certainly adds something new, if only to silence those critics who claimed that this was just another day at the office.
