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New photos on abuse

More graphic than earlier images of Abu Ghraib

SYDNEY: An Australian television network on Wednesday broadcast photographs and video clips it said were previously unpublished images of the alleged abuse of Iraqis held in U.S. military custody at Abu Ghraib prison.

The images were taken at Abu Ghraib in late 2003 at about the same time as previously published photographs of Iraqi prisoner abuse, the Special Broadcasting Service's ``Dateline'' programme reported.

The images shown by SBS were consistent with the earlier photographs, which triggered outrage at alleged abuse by U.S. soldiers, a congressional investigation and military trials for some of those involved.

Combat-style uniforms

No one in the images broadcast on Wednesday could clearly by identified as U.S. military personnel. But men wearing combat-style uniforms and holding dogs on leashes appear in at least one of the images.

Many of them were more graphic than the images published earlier. Among the photographs, one showed a man with a deep cut on his neck, and another of the same man surrounded by men dressed in khaki shirts and pants, with one of the men pointing at the wound.

SBS said the images were among photographs the American Civil Liberties Union was trying to obtain from the U.S. government under a Freedom of Information request.

A U.S. district court in September upheld the request in a ruling covering scores of photographs and several videotapes. — AP

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