On my way to work, so I can't flesh out this diary like I'd like to, just happened to be searching for an article about Obama's war plans for Afghanistan when I stumbled onto this article.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/...
Photographs of the alleged abuse of prisoners in Iraq thought to be among those that Barack Obama is trying to prevent from being published have been released.
Pictures apparently showing Iraqi inmates being subjected to degrading treatment were disclosed the day after Mr Obama announced a legal bid to stop more than 2,000 images being seen.
It is alleged that the pictures, one of which shows a naked man hung upside down from a bunk bed, are among those that the president wanted suppressed.
The picture of a man hanging naked and upside down naked from a bunk which is alleged to be one of 2,000 images that President Barack Obama tried to block publication of fearing a backlash against U.S. troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan
Mr Obama fears a backlash against U.S. troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Further images purportedly from the 2,000 include one of a naked man covered in excrement with a guard standing in front of him.
Others yet to be released are alleged to show guards threatening to sexually assault a detainee with a broomstick and hooded prisoners in transport planes with copies of Playboy magazine showing naked women open on their laps.
The president had previously committed to allowing them to be seen but changed his mind after senior generals said it could place U.S. troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan in greater danger.
The images were released in Australia yesterday where they were originally obtained by the television channel SBS in the wake of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal.
The release comes at an inopportune time for President Obama who is trying to build bridges with the Islamic world.
You know what, I was one of the people with my head on fire wanting Obama to release these pictures, but if these pictures are as bad as the article says;
A naked man hung upside down from a bunk bed
Another naked man covered in excrement with a guard standing in front of him
Guards threatening to sexually assault a detainee with a broomstick
I hope to god the troops aren't threatened too much by this.