02.28.08
Torture by the US
Wired has ten unseen Abu Ghraib photos. Don’t click on them if you’re not prepared to be punched in the stomach. I actually exclaimed when I saw the first one—Mike Lillis asked me if I was OK—so, really, think before you click. Extremely NSFW.
Two things we learn: One, the thumbs-up at beaten prisoners was not just Lynddie England. Pic #2 is another soldier giving the thumbs up over a dead man. Pick #7 is perhaps the most horrifying of all: it zooms out from the infamous wired-box prisoner to show a nearby Charles Graner inspecting his fingernails.
What’s worse is that those who formulated the policies and procedures that encouraged this and had responsibility and oversight for what happened walked free and most were not even brought to trial. War crimes seem to be okay if done by the US.
