{"article":{"id":109879,"heading":"Occupation troops use attack dogs on Iraqi prisoners","author":"the prisoner","created":"2004-05-10 13:41:56","modified":"2013-11-11 00:29:39","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:29:39","article":"

CHAIN OF COMMAND

by SEYMOUR M. HERSH

How the Department of Defense mishandled the disaster at Abu Ghraib.

(Full story at: http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/fact\/content\/?040517fa_fact2<\/a> )

\"One of the new photographs shows a young soldier, wearing a dark jacket over his uniform and smiling into the camera, in the corridor of the jail. In the background are two Army dog handlers, in full camouflage combat gear, restraining two German shepherds. The dogs are barking at a man who is partly obscured from the camera’s view by the smiling soldier. Another image shows that the man, an Iraqi prisoner, is naked. His hands are clasped behind his neck and he is leaning against the door to a cell, contorted with terror, as the dogs bark a few feet away. Other photographs show the dogs straining at their leashes and snarling at the prisoner. In another, taken a few minutes later, the Iraqi is lying on the ground, writhing in pain, with a soldier sitting on top of him, knee pressed to his back. Blood is streaming from the inmate’s leg. Another photograph is a closeup of the naked prisoner, from his waist to his ankles, lying on the floor. On his right thigh is what appears to be a bite or a deep scratch. There is another, larger wound on his left leg, covered in blood.\"<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":""Iraq is free of rape rooms and torture chambers."\r\nPresident Bush, remarks to 2003. Republican National Committee Presidential Gala, Oct. 8, 2003 \r\n\r\nU.S. occupation soldiers threaten an Iraqi detainee with German shepherds in this photo obtained by The New Yorker. The photo was taken in December 2003, at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. In other photos obtained by The New Yorker, the naked Iraqi prisoner is shown on the ground bleeding from dog bite wounds. (AP Photo\/Courtesy of The New Yorker)","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2004\/05\/dogs.jpg","filesize":"18.4 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2004\/05\/109879.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2004\/05\/dogs.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2004\/05\/dogs.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}