TO THE POINT...

It's been a while since I've posted so in the future I'm gonna do more short posts more frequently. Here's the first of them...

TO THE POINT...

from: Iraqi Officials Condemn Abuse Footage [get full article here]

"Video clips believed aired for the first time Wednesday showing Iraqi prisoners being abused in Abu Ghraib prison in 2003 were condemned by Iraqi officials, including one who complained that the footage would only enflame tensions in the war-ravaged country." (emphasis mine)

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"Labeed Abbawi, an adviser to Iraq's foreign minister, criticized such abuses but questioned the benefit of airing footage of events for which American soldiers had already been punished." (emphasis mine)

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"I feel bringing up these issues is only going to add to heat to an already fragile situation in Iraq and they don't help anybody at all," said Abbawi. "It will only lead to extra condemnation of Americans, British and later Iraqis in the situation of Jadriyah." (emphasis mine)


Hey you know what really "enflames" things? How about an unjust occupation of a third world country by an imperialist superpower, followed by a brutal, murderous occuptation involving torture that produces photos like these?










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