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New Photos Show 'Horrific Acts' Pentagon Makes Images Available to House, Senate WASHINGTON (May 12) -- The abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. military personnel included torture, humiliation and forced sex beyond what has been seen in public, members of Congress said Wednesday after viewing fresh photos and videos in the scandal that has shaken the Bush administration. ''I don't know how the hell these people got into our army,'' said Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo., one of several members of Congress who emerged grim-faced from lawmakers-only screenings in the Capitol. Lawmakers said they saw disturbing images that included military dogs snarling at cowering prisoners, Iraqi women commanded to expose their breasts and photos of sex acts, including forced homosexual sex. In addition, lawmakers said there were images of hooded Iraqi prisoners being forced to masturbate while cameras captured the scene. Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., said she saw a clothed man hurling himself against a wall as though trying to knock himself unconscious. ''It was yet another series of pictures depicting horrific acts, examples of torture and sexual abuse,'' said Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota. Many of the estimated 1,800 images were apparently unrelated to prisoner abuse. Some seemed to be scenes of everyday life in Iraq captured by Americans far from home. But others showed consensual sex between Americans; another showed a U.S. solider shooting a camel in the head. The private screening marked the latest turn in a scandal that has prompted President Bush to apologize to the victims and Democrats to demand the dismissal of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. More ominously, the abuse was cited in a grisly execution video posted Tuesday on the Web site of an Islamic militant group. The video showed the beheading of an American civilian who had been seized in Iraq, and included the claim that his death was revenge for the mistreatment of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib. President Bush denounced the ''brutal execution'' on Wednesday and said those responsible hoped to ''shake our confidence.'' They will fail, he said, adding, ''We will complete our mission.''
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