The New Yorker photo shows that Iraqi prisoners were forced by the US soldiers to have sex and masturbate in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad. The abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. troops went beyond the photos seen by most Americans, shaken lawmakers said Wednesday after viewing fresh pictures and video that they said depicted forced sex, brutality and dogs snarling at cowed prisoners.

The New Yorker photo shows that Iraqi prisoners were forced by the US soldiers to have sex and masturbate in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad. The abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. troops went beyond the photos seen by most Americans, shaken lawmakers said Wednesday after viewing fresh pictures and video that they said depicted forced sex, brutality and dogs snarling at cowed prisoners.

Two American soldiers pose next to a pyramid of naked Iraqi prisoners, at Abu Ghraib prison in this undated photo. The new general brought in to run U.S. military jails in Iraq following the prisoner abuse scandal offered his own and his nation's apologies for the affair on Wednesday to the people of Iraq. (Reuters photo)

Sen. John Warner, R-Va, and Senate Majority leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn. speak with reporters after viewing more images of Iraqi prisoner abuse in the Capitol, Wednesday, May 12, 2004, in Washington. (AP photo)

A detainee at the Abu Ghraib Prison shows his wounds at the detention facility on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq Friday, May 7, 2004. (AP photo)