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Saturday, March 11, 2006
Symbol of Abu Ghraib Seeks to Spare Others His Nightmare - New York Times
Symbol of Abu Ghraib Seeks to Spare Others His Nightmare - New York Times: "Mr. Qaissi, 43, was prisoner 151716 of Cellblock 1A. The picture of him standing hooded atop a cardboard box, attached to electrical wires with his arms stretched wide in an eerily prophetic pose, became the indelible symbol of the torture at Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad. [The American military said Thursday that it would abandon the prison and turn it over to the Iraqi government.]"
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