This Is Abhorrent ; Bush in Panic Bid to Quell Torture Scandal - Arab Fury at President's Grovel On Tv

Daily MirrorMay 06, 2004

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PRESIDENT Bush went on Arab TV yesterday in a desperate attempt to quell the growing scandal over abuse of Iraqi prisoners.

But as he condemned the ill-treatment as "abhorrent" and not a reflection of "the America I know", more disturbing details were emerging of savagery at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad.

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This Is Abhorrent ; Bush in Panic Bid to Quell Torture Scandal - Arab Fury at President's Grovel On Tv

A captive under interrogation is said to have been battered to death and then wrapped in ice and Cellophane in an apparent bid to disguise the brutality.

At least 14 deaths of US captives in Afghanistan and Iraq are now put down to ill-treatment or are under investigation. Ten possible cases of abuse are being probed.

Yesterday - heightening Mr Bush's disc...

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