Pictures of troops and their prisoners shocked the world, but many in the country are not surprised
For the family of Sadeq Zoman, the photographs of US troops torturing and humiliating prisoners are not particularly shocking.
'A family friend came to the house and told us he was in a hospital in Tikrit,' said Reem, Mr Zoman's 19-year-old daughter. Her father lay nearby, in a coma, the same state he was in when the family found him on September 4.
The US army arrested Mr Zoman, 57, during a raid on his house in Mosul, north of Baghdad, in July. He was detained by the 4th Infantry Division until August 6, when he was delivered to a US military hospital with burns on various parts of his body, including the soles of his feet and his penis. He had suffered a blow to his head, was comatose and his right hand was broken.
Today he can open his eyes but shows no response to any stimulus. His family keeps watch and feeds him.
'It took us so long to find him because the army had spelled his name wrong,' Reem said.