Shocking New Videos Shown at Iraq Abuse Scandal: force group masturbation

Yahoo! News - Shocking New Videos Shown at Iraq Abuse Scandal: "Mon Jan 10, 6:14 PM ET U.S. National - Reuters | By Adam Tanner
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Prosecutors also presented shocking new videos and photos from Abu Ghraib prison, including forced group masturbation.
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Pictures of the humiliating treatment of the prisoners at the prison near Baghdad further eroded the credibility of the United States already damaged in many countries by the 2003 Iraq invasion.

Apart from saying the methods were not illegal, Graner's defense is that he was following orders. "He was doing his job. Following orders and being praised for it," Womack told the court, adding later that Graner would testify in the case.

The chief prosecutor, Maj. Michael Holley, asked rhetorically: "Did the accused honestly believe that was a lawful order?"

Womack tried to establish that civilian intelligence officers and others wanted the guards to maltreat prisoners to get information. ...