Image: Hooded Iraqi prisoner with wires attached to hands and standing on box at Abu Ghraib Prison, Iraq (AP)From FOX News:
The Pentagon plans to release the photos by May 28 in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.
Some lawmakers are questioning the wisdom of releasing hundreds of photos potentially showing U.S. military personnel abusing prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon.
"If we release the pictures, the odds are that Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups will then use our pictures to recruit people to come into the war against us," Sen. Joe Lieberman. I-Conn., told FOX News.
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My Comment: Prairie Pundit makes the valid comment that releasing these pictures violates Geneva conventions on the release of pictures of prisoners of war. This alone should be enough to prohibit its publications.