Pentagon release Prisoner Abuse Photos

May 13, 2009 – The Defense Apartment of the United States had announced to release the photos of abused detainees in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Freedom of Information Act was the cause of releasing these photos, as President Obama wanted to show the U.S. that some methods of punishing the prisoners are considered torture by the American Civil Liberties Union. The photographs are to be released in 2006, showing the Abu Ghraib military prison in Iraq had abused the prisoners. The ACLU indicated the Pentagon will be releasing a number of photographs by the end of may. The Pentagon Officials also stated that photographs from the 60 criminal investigations from 2001 – 2006. They will also expose militants abusing the inmates. The reason why the ACLU wanted the photos were to proof that the U.S. personnels had abused the prisoners in the camp. However, the Pentagon objected ACLU claiming that the photos will pictured that there is a pattern of abuse by the military. The Pentagon spokesman stated that they were drastic about inspect “credible allegations of abuse”. He said, “The policy of the Department of Defense is to treat all prisoners humanely, and those who have violated that policy have been investigated and disciplined.” The Pentagon does not want the images to be exposed to the public, however, they lost in two court cases and were forced to release them. The Defense Secretary Robert Gates rejected the idea of putting the photos into public because with these photos, it give the al Qaeda a chance to employing more terrorists and a reason spread more violence.
After reading this article, I was traumatized and upset. The article just showed the entire world that the country, the one states that they are the supporters of human rights, full of democracy and liberty was actually the opposite of what they state. Everyone deserves punishment in jail, but torture? This is just inhuman and ironically, it violates the U.S. human rights, their own country who set up these rules. I thought the U.S. army was to liberate the countries under dictators. However, I was wrong, they are just as parsimonious as the invaded country’s previous leaders. If they are liberating the country, they should share the human rights. This is a wrongful act done by the Untied States of America. I think that the government of the United States should be more cautious about what the militants will do to the prisoners. The ones who are prosecuted should face the punishment of breaking the human rights. These photos are enough to show the evidence of torturing and abusing the detainees. I hope the district attorneys will be capable of putting the inhuman militants into jail, so these monstrous beings could learn from their wrongful acts and reform. Where’s your decency, U.S. militants?

Hyperlink: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/12/prisoner.photos/index.html