Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[Rick Faurot]

U.S. Soldier Seeks to Suppress Iraq Abuse Photos
Mon Aug 23, 2004 07:15 AM ET

By Philip Blenkinsop
MANNHEIM, Germany (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier at the center of the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal sought on Monday to strike from his court martial potentially incriminating photographs at a hearing before a military judge in Germany.

Specialist Charles Graner and three others are accused of sexually humiliating and, in some cases, beating Iraqi detainees at Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison.

Shocking photos of their torment of naked Iraqis sparked worldwide outrage when they emerged in April and sparked criticism that sweeping U.S. anti-terror policies had encouraged the abuses.