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Sat 05 May 2004US papers publish further evidence of abuseUS:New horrifying photographs of the torture and sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners were published in yesterday's Washington Post, which also put the first video clip showing abuse on its website.Documents obtained by the Post claimed that some prisoners at Abu Ghraib jail outside Baghdad were ridden like animals, sexually fondled by female soldiers and required to retrieve their food from toilets.