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Article: Alleged abuse photos show acts of few, general says

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December 5, 2004
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CAIRO, Egypt - A former military spokesman in Iraq said Saturday that new pictures showing apparent abuse of detainees in Iraq were the acts of an isolated few but will be used by some to try to tarnish the entire U.S. military.

Gen. Mark Kimmitt, now based in Qatar, spoke on the pan-Arab television network a day after the U.S. military launched a criminal investigation into photographs that appear to show Navy SEALs in Iraq sitting on hooded and handcuffed detainees.

Other photos show what appear to be bloodied prisoners, one with a gun to his head.

The photos, found by an Associated Press reporter, were among hundreds in an album posted on a commercial photo-sharing Web site by a woman ...

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