"There are other photos -- many other photos -- that depict incidents of physical violence towards prisoners, acts that can only be described as blatantly sadistic, cruel and inhuman, " Rumsfeld told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

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He described what he saw as an "inhuman catastrophe", and in his statement he said injuries included not only bullet wounds, but missing eyes and, in one case, missing genitals.

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