I RECALLED EARLY REPORTS ABOUT TORTURE & MURDER...

but I wasn't looking forward to seaching LexisNexis. Fortunately, The Raw Story found one report for me.

Rumsfeld warns about photos of worse abuses
ON THE HILL: Defense chief apologizes to Iraqi victims
Edward Epstein, Chronicle Washington Bureau
Saturday, May 8, 2004

(05-08) 04:00 PDT Washington -- Embattled Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Congress on Friday that he wouldn't rule out resigning and warned that yet-undisclosed images of Iraqi prisoner abuse containing what one lawmaker described as "rape and murder" might touch off a new furor.

"If I felt I could not be effective, I'd resign in a minute,'' Rumsfeld said in response to a question from Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

Graham, speaking after Rumsfeld's Senate testimony, suggested that material in at least one tape held by Defense Department investigators could be by far the most-damaging yet to the U.S. military effort in Iraq and its prestige around the world.

"The American public needs to understand, we're talking about rape and murder here. We're not just talking about giving people a humiliating experience. We're talking about rape and murder and some very serious charges,'' Graham said to reporters. Graham said, however, he hadn't seen the videos that are part of the investigation into the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers and military contractors.