Why is it the release of the photos that would cause the riots and not the abuse itself?

That's a logic I don't understand.
bhallg2k Reviewed by bhallg2k on . Myers: Release Of Abu Ghraib Prison Photos Could Cause Riots well, not a very good sounding self analysis...i wonder what's so bad that would cause riots...let's not forget this: Editor and Publisher/Greg Mitchell | July 26 2005 NEW YORK So what is shown on the 87 photographs and four videos from Abu Ghraib prison that the Pentagon, in an eleventh hour move, blocked from release this weekend? One clue: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Congress last year, after viewing a large cache of unreleased images: "I mean, I looked at them last night, Rating: 5