Photo Gallery The Abu Ghraib Pictures

The pictures of the torture in the Abu Ghraib prison shocked America and the world. Now documentary filmmaker Errol Morris looks at the story behind the pictures in his new movie "Standard Operating Procedure."
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The Abu Ghraib pictures shocked the world when they were published in 2004. Here American soldiers stand behind a pyramid of naked Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad. Charles Graner can be seen at the back.

Foto: AP / The New Yorker
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The body of an Iraqi prisoner, wrapped in cellophane and packed in ice, in Abu Ghraib.

Foto: REUTERS/ The New Yorker
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An American soldier guards Iraqi prisoners as they lie on the concrete floor, bound and hooded.

Foto: AP / The New Yorker
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A hooded Iraqi prisoner who was told he would be electrocuted if he fell off the box he was forced to stand on.

Foto: REUTERS/ The New Yorker
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American soldier Sabrina Harman poses next to the body of a dead Iraqi man packed in ice. The man died while in US custody in Abu Ghraib prison.

Foto: AP/ ABC News
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US soldier Lynndie England with prisoners in Abu Ghraib. England was sentenced to three years in prison for her role in the Abu Ghraib torture scandal.

Foto: REUTERS/ The New Yorker
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Two hooded and naked Iraqi prisoners are made to simulate oral sex.

Foto: REUTERS/ The New Yorker
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