Pentagon Denies Photos Show Rape

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The Pentagon on Thursday denied a British newspaper report that photographs of Iraqi prisoner abuse, whose release U.S. President Barack Obama wants to block, include images of apparent rape and sexual abuse.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the Daily Telegraph newspaper had shown "an inability to get the facts right".

Major Gen. Antonio Taguba, here in 2004, has told a British newspaper that photos of Iraqi prisoner abuse depict "every indecency," including apparent rape. He said he supports President Barack Obama's decision not to release the photos.

"That news organization has completely mischaracterized the images," Whitman told reporters. "None of the photos in question depict the images that are described in that article."

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“We do not rape our prisoners. We waterboard them, we electrocute them, we have wild dogs chew on them and we even kill them, but we never rape them. That would be inhuman.” - Official White Horse Souse

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