To mark the 10-year anniversary of the Abu Ghraib abuses and killings by the American government's military and intelligence agencies: Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse From late 2003 to early 2004, during the War in Iraq, military police personnel of the United States Army and the Central Intelligence Agency committed human rights violations against prisoners held in the Abu Ghraib prison. They physically and sexually abused, tortured, raped, sodomized, and killed prisoners. United States Army photo from Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq showing Pvt. Lynndie England holding a leash att