Скачать или смотреть How the Abu Ghraib Photos Exposed American Torture—and Changed U.S. Policy

On April 28, 2004, millions of Americans watched 60 Minutes II and saw something that permanently changed how the United States understood the Iraq War.

The Abu Ghraib photographs—taken not by journalists, but by American soldiers—exposed torture, humiliation, and abuse inside a U.S.-run prison in Iraq. What followed was the largest U.S. military scandal since Vietnam: criminal convictions, Congressional investigations, public apologies from the Secretary of Defense, sweeping policy changes, and new limits on interrogation and detention.

In this episode of History of United States, Clyde Chester tells the full story of Abu Ghraib—not just what happened inside the prison, but what happened after the photos became public. How digital images escaped government control. How a single whistle blower, Joseph Darby, risked everything to expose the truth. And how photographs succeeded where reports, warnings, and internal investigations had failed.

📌 In this video, you’ll learn:
What really happened at Abu Ghraib prison
Who took the photographs—and why
How the images reached the American public
Why the scandal led to prosecutions and policy changes
How Abu Ghraib reshaped U.S. military doctrine and international law
Why accountability stopped at lower-ranking soldiers

This is a story about power, secrecy, whistle blowers, and the ability of images to force change—even when institutions would rather look away.

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