AbuGhraibAbuse-standing-on-box.jpg


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English: 11:01 p.m., Nov. 4, 2003. Detainee with bag over head, standing on box with wires attached. All caption information is taken directly from CID materials. U.S. Army / Criminal Investigation Command (CID). Seized by the U.S. Government. Note: The Hooded Man . This is one of Staff Sgt. Ivan Frederick’s photographs of the prisoner nicknamed Gilligan and later correctly identified as Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh standing on the box with wires attached to his left and right hand. In another photo, which was taken approximately three minutes after the iconic picture with a different camera, Frederick is standing to the right of Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh.
العربية: صورة تظهر ستار جبار اثناء تعرضه للصعق بالكهرباء في سجن أبو غريب.
Español: Un prisionero de la prisión de Abu Ghraib, Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh (Gilligan), siendo torturado con cables electrificados conectados en sus manos y genitales.
Date Taken on 4 November 2003
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Infamous photo of tortured detainee. A man stands on a thin box, his head hooded and his fingers extended out and connected to wires.

4 November 2003

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