Arab world outraged by abuse of Iraqi prisoners

Outrage flashed across the Middle East as TV stations showed graphic images of naked Iraqi prisoners being humiliated by smiling US military police.

Arab world outraged by abuse of Iraqi prisoners
Sat, 01 May, 2004 - 10:42

Outrage flashed across the Middle East as TV stations showed graphic images of naked Iraqi prisoners being humiliated by smiling US military police.

US President George Bush condemned the mistreatment, saying he shared “a deep disgust that those prisoners were treated the way they were treated”.

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