About six months after the invasion of Iraq rumors of Iraq prison abuse scandals started to emerge.
The best known abuse incidents occurred at the large Abu Ghraib prison. Graphic pictures of some of those abuse incidents were made public. Less well-known abuse incidents have been documented at American prisons throughout Iraq. Coverup operation was extensive, consisting in partly admitting the undeniable, shifting the blame (standard method of diffusion), and minimizing the damage arisen from this unfortunate exposition of daily torture practices of USA soldiery.
Read more about Iraq Prison Abuse Scandals: Iraqi Prisons Where Abuse Incidents Have Been Documented, Official Investigations Into Abuse Incidents, Timeline of Events
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