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...leader in Iraq [Sept. 5], said that al-Zarqawi's organization "is believed to have been behind barbaric attacks in Iraq." It seems only fair to ask where, on the spectrum of barbarism, we would locate the killing of Iraqi civilians, the razing of Fallujah, the depravity at Abu Ghraib prison and the self-righteous obscenity at Guantánamo Bay. And how about the abandonment of the desperate hurricane victims in Louisiana and Mississippi? In Iraq, limitless U.S. resources are deployed while at home poor Americans, thirsty and starving, founder in toxic effluent. All around the globe, people...
...leader in Iraq [Sept. 5], said that al-Zarqawi's organization "is believed to have been behind barbaric attacks in Iraq." It seems only fair to ask where, on the spectrum of barbarism, we would locate the killing of Iraqi civilians, the razing of Fallujah, the depravity at Abu Ghraib prison and the self-righteous obscenity at Guantánamo Bay? And how about the abandonment of the desperate hurricane victims in Louisiana and Mississippi? In Iraq, limitless U.S. resources are deployed, while at home poor Americans, thirsty and starving, founder in toxic effluent. All around the globe, people...
...right time can create a noteworthy photograph. The technology of picture taking is now so foolproof that it routinely trumps the artistry of professionals in breaking news. The most articulate images from the July 7 bombings in London were shot by passengers with cell phones. The torturers at Abu Ghraib recorded their own crimes with cheap digital devices and created some of the first icons of the 21st century. In the introduction to his refreshingly broad-minded book Witness: The World's Greatest News Photographers, Reuel Golden acknowledges these challenges for photojournalists. But as a senior editor at New York...
Over There (Wednesdays, 10 p.m. E.T.), however, gives away its location specifically and graphically. It references Abu Ghraib and includes a female soldier with a disturbingly Lynndie England--ish streak. An insurgent is hit by a projectile that vaporizes him from the waist up; his legs totter a few ghastly steps before collapsing. All this was nearly too much even for executive producer Steven Bochco (Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue) when FX pitched him the idea. The show, he worried, "would by its very nature tend to be political if not politicized." He finally decided that the basic human drama...
...Rumsfeld are bad for the U.S. and the world, your article actually made me feel a bit of respect for some of their policies. The interrogation you described involved only disrespect to Mohammed al-Qahtani's personal dignity. That man is not an innocent Iraqi being dragged around Abu Ghraib on a leash. He is suspected of being the so-called 20th hijacker from Sept. 11, 2001. If he had had his way, United Airlines Flight 93 would have plummeted into the White House or the Capitol. If your article was intended to show the U.S.'s abuse of power...