That's an established fact. The pictures came from the father of one of the accused soldiers. He gave them to the press to get back at the higher-ups in the military whom he though were unfairly prosecuting his son for his involvement.
I don;t know why, but I have always thought that Nick Berg has something to do with this.
"ABU GRAIB" was a TOTAL BREAKDOWN of LOCAL MILITARY DISCIPLINE---NOT a "Symptom of a 'Systemic Failure!'"
ABU GRAIB was an ABBERRATION---NOT a "Bellweather of" the Behavior of ANY AMERICAN TROOPS!!
Those who choose to Believe Otherwise, ought to be "Suspect of" Having an "Agenda!"
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