BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The Iraqi government Thursday condemned prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, following an Australian TV broadcast of newly released im

[almaty 19]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The Iraqi government Thursday condemned prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, following an Australian TV broadcast of newly released images, the aired timing of which a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq called "irresponsible and "unnecessarily provocative."

A spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said the events portrayed in the images are a "serious thing that completely conflicts with the human rights charter, and their repetition should be prevented."

The statement by Iraq's Council of Ministers went on to say it welcomed the "firm denunciation by the U.S. State Department and American officials."

On Wednesday, the Australian television network SBS broadcast videos and photos of apparent torture and sexual humiliation not seen before publicly. One of the more graphic videos shows five men wearing hoods and masturbating for the camera, presumably under orders from their guards. (Details)

Arabic-language newspapers devoted a great deal of coverage to the images Thursday. Al Hayat published four pictures and an article about the prison abuse under the headline: "New Image of Abu Ghraib Scandal: Torture, Killing and Mutilation."

Al Rai in Jordan said on its Web site that revelations of the new images coincided with rage across the Islamic world over the publication of caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed.

Olivia Rousset, a reporter for the Australian network, said she came across the latest pictures and videos while researching a story on guards at Abu Ghraib.

Her network's program "Dateline" said the images were taken in 2003, around the same time as other photos leaked to the news media the following year. Publication of the original set of pictures sparked widespread international condemnation of the United States. (Gallery: Abu Ghraib pictures)

Also Thursday, Salon.com published still more graphic photographs, apparently from the same set. Salon said it was given the photos by "someone who spent time at Abu Ghraib as a uniformed member of the military and is familiar with" the Army's investigation into them.

Lt. Col. Barry Johnson, spokesman for the military coalition, said any newly published photographs from that time period "do not reflect what is happening at Abu Ghraib now."

American officials have said the pictures and video should not have been released, with Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman telling The Associated Press their airing "could only further inflame and possibly incite unnecessary violence in the world." Whitman said the images came from material that authorities already had investigated, the AP reported.

The newly broadcast images do not appear to show any new perpetrators.

Seven low-ranking guards -- described by U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as "bad apples" -- and two military intelligence soldiers have been disciplined for the original pictures.

Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, who was in charge of Abu Ghraib during the prison abuse scandal, was demoted to colonel. She also was formally relieved of command of the 800th Military Police Brigade.

Another officer, Col. Thomas Pappas, was reprimanded and fined.

The longest prison sentence -- 10 years -- was given to Army Cpl. Charles Graner. Staff Sgt. Ivan "Chip" Frederick, a U.S. Army reservist from Virginia, received an eight-year sentence.

Graner and his then-girlfriend, Pfc. Lynndie England -- who was sentenced to three years in prison -- were in many of the original photos. They show up again in some of the new images.

[Bosco 1]

I saw the Australian news report and the photos were sickening. The video clip they included was even worse.

Salon.com has a new photo gallery of previously unreleased photos up today, and they are equally disturbing.

I personally think it would have been better to release them all when the story first broke. These things cannot be hidden forever, and now they just add fuel to the fire.

Rebecca

[almaty 19]

the iraqis are full of sh!t on one thing ..at abu g..the main prison complex, the iraqis guard them..only the ones who are labelled terrorist are guarded by america forces and they are in tents on the grounds