Multiple elements combined to create the conditions for brutality at Abu Ghraib prison, including in-group versus out-group thinking, negative stereotypes, dehumanization, and prejudice.

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Multiple studies and reports have identified these factors as contributing to the abusive behaviors by U.S. soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison during the Iraq War. These factors led the soldiers to view Iraqi prisoners as less than human and justified mistreating them.

Multiple Elements Combined to Create the Conditions for Brutality at Abu