"U.S. Forces Turn to Saddam General to End Standoff"

FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. forces turned to a former general in Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard to help end a standoff with guerrillas in Falluja on Friday, but there was no end to violence and another two Marines were killed. story.news.yahoo.com

U.S. Abuse of Iraqi Prisoners Inflame Arabs
DUBAI (Reuters) - Photos of U.S. soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners inflamed Arab sentiment, sparking rage, hatred and a grim comparison that U.S. liberators were no better than ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

"Most Arabs said Washington's credibility as the world's leader of democracy and human rights was exposed."

"These soldiers are being touted as the saviours of the Iraqi people and America claims to be the moral leader of the world, but they have been caught with their pants down, they have been exposed, the whole world sees them as they really are," said Mahmoud Walid, a 28-year-old Egyptian writer.

The CBS News program "60 Minutes II" on Wednesday broadcast photos taken at the Abu Ghraib prison late last year showing U.S. troops abusing some Iraqis held at what was once a notorious center of torture and executions under Saddam. story.news.yahoo.com

Photos showed Iraqi prisoners naked except for hoods covering their heads, stacked in a human pyramid, one with a slur written in English on his skin. That and other scenes of humiliation have led to criminal charges against six American soldiers. Arab television stations were leading their newscasts on Friday with the photos. apnews.myway.com