File:AbuGhraibAbuse-standing-on-box.jpg

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Infamous photo of tortured detainee. A man stands on a thin box, his head hooded and his fingers extended out and connected to wires.

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English: 11:01 p.m., Nov. 4, 2003. Detainee with bag over head, standing on box with wires attached. All caption information is taken directly from CID materials. U.S. Army / Criminal Investigation Command (CID). Seized by the U.S. Government. Note: The Hooded Man. This is one of Staff Sgt. Ivan Frederick’s photographs of the prisoner nicknamed Gilligan and later correctly identified as Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh standing on the box with wires attached to his left and right hand. In another photo, which was taken approximately three minutes after the iconic picture with a different camera, Frederick is standing to the right of Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh.
العربية: صورة تظهر ستار جبار اثناء تعرضه للصعق بالكهرباء في سجن أبو غريب.
Español: Un prisionero de la prisión de Abu Ghraib, Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh (Gilligan), siendo torturado con cables electrificados conectados en sus manos y genitales.
Date Taken on 4 November 2003
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This image is in the public domain in the United States because it is ineligible for copyright. Pictures taken by U.S. military personnel as part of that person's official duties are ineligible for copyright in the United States. The photographers of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse photos have asserted this was the case under oath.
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current19:48, 27 July 2020Thumbnail for version as of 19:48, 27 July 20201,917 × 2,560 (888 KB)Remitamine (talk | contribs)Higher resolution version
22:06, 21 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 22:06, 21 March 2006263 × 350 (45 KB)Descendall (talk | contribs)
21:06, 16 February 2006Thumbnail for version as of 21:06, 16 February 2006258 × 380 (21 KB)Phoenix-forgotten~commonswiki (talk | contribs)Taken from en.wikipedia. Photo of a Iraqi prisoner in Abu Ghraib. en:Image:AbuGhraibAbuse05.jpg {{AbuGhraibPic}}

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