Eyes Wide Open (Chris Floyd on Abu Ghraib)

[Clara T]

Eyes Wide Open

Thursday, 16 February 2006

Salon.com has obtained a cache of torture photos and videos from Abu Ghraib, along with previously unreleased investigation reports which detail "a total of 1,325 images of suspected detainee abuse, 93 video files of suspected detainee abuse, 660 images of adult pornography, 546 images of suspected dead Iraqi detainees, 29 images of soldiers in simulated sexual acts, 20 images of a soldier with a Swastika drawn between his eyes, 37 images of Military Working dogs being used in abuse of detainees and 125 images of questionable acts."

Our webmaster, Rich Kastelein, has put together a special page containing the photos released by Salon.com (which, as the website notes, represent only a small fraction of the total), along with other materials, including video of the recent Australian TV broadcast that first brought this new belching of Bush-filth to light. You can find it here: Abu Ghraib Part II.

Yes, we said Bush-filth. Let's lay the blame for these tortures squarely where it belongs: on the shoulders of the "Commander-in-Chief." It's only fair; if this gibbering goon is going to lay claim to unrestricted powers, then by God he will have to bear unrestricted, unmitigated responsibility as well. And in truth, it has been well-documented by now that the widespread, systematic -- and on-going -- use of torture throughout America's new worldwide gulag was instigated at Bush's order, "justified" by the pretzel logic of his legal bagmen -- Alberto Gonzales and John Yoo, among many others -- and promulgated through presidential "executive orders" and directions laid down by Donald Rumsfeld.

Of course, these Abu Ghraib photos themselves represent only a small fraction of the atrocities carried out -- in our name -- in secret hell-holes around the globe. The photos depict the raw and brutal dawn of a system that has become progressively more refined, more "professional," now largely removed from the hands of untrained grunts with digital cameras, and instead carried out in secret by CIA agents and other operatives of the America's mammoth "security organs" -- again, acting under presidential orders, and presidential protection.

http://www.chris-floyd.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=480&Itemid=1

[CrazyOrangeCat]

1. Tremendous stuff.

:kick:

[enough]

2. Bush-filth

As usual, Chris Floyd finds the right words for it.

[EC]

3. And to add to the anger and frustration of all this is **'s base

who say things like "Good, kill them all." I actually heard someone say that...

[CrazyOrangeCat]

4. Yes, I've heard that too many times to count . . .

If they had their way, there'd be continuous open season on all people who have brown skin.

That's what years of asshats like Rush Limpballs have done . . . gotten these simple-minded fools so riled-up, so scared, so angry at anybody who looks different, acts different, and thinks for themselves, that they are foaming at the mouth with hatred.

[Clara T]

5. Fear and Loathing

and it is not limited to Vegas.

Much self-hatred out there that is then projected onto THE THEM.

The anger is justified but the response is totally unjustified and misdirected, due in no small part to an incredible non-stop propaganda machine and mass indoctrination. Witches must burn, Arabs must die.

It's really so damn twisted and those who are suffering so terribly under the weight of this abhorrent machine are kept ignorant not only of the forces that are oppressing them but also of their own conditions. Breathtaking.

Oh yeah, and :hi: CrazyOrangeCat

[CrazyOrangeCat]

6. Hi Clara T

A tidbit of good news today . . . did you see that N. Mexico has gone with paper ballots state-wide?

I'm ready to move! (Though, I'll admit, mostly because it feels like N. Dakota in KC today.)

:)

[Clara T]

7. I Love N. Mexico

Used to visit there yearly.

Particularly the Silver City region. Many wilderness hot springs along the Gila river.

Thanks for the news hadn't seen it.

[yurbud]

8. this one is probably the most damning while not at all graphic

[Nothing Without Hope]

9. K & R ***Other threads on the new Abu Ghraib photos - LINKS:***

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x413946
thread title (2-14-06 GD): 60 Previously Unpublished Photos From Abu Ghraib To be Broadcast
Comment/excerpt: “Tonight the SBS Dateline program plans to broadcast about 60 previously unpublished photographs that the US Government has been fighting to keep secret in a court case with the American Civil Liberties Union.”

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2109108
thread title (2-14-06 LBN): The photos America doesn't want seen (60 new Abu Ghraib pics, Aussie TV)
Comment/excerpt: “Some of the photos are similar to those published in 2004, others are different. They include photographs of six corpses, although the circumstances of their deaths are not clear. There are also pictures of what appear to be burns and wounds from shotgun pellets.”

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x424489
thread title (2-14-06 GD): feature prisoners in sexually humiliating acts that are deemed too graphic
Comment/excerpt: “Executive producer Mike Carey says Dateline obtained a file of hundreds of pictures, some that have been seen before and others that show new abuses.”

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2112727
thread title (2-16-06 LBN): Salon obtains 'all' photos, other evidence of Abu Ghraib abuses
Comment/excerpt: “One day after an Australian TV network aired more photos of abuses that occurred in 2003 at the U.S.-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, the online magazine Salon reveals it has obtained "more than 1,000 photographs, videos and supporting documents from the Army's probe, (which) may represent all of the photographic and video evidence" that the Army has collected during its ongoing internal investigation of the scandal. According to Salon, "the files, from the Army's Criminal Investigation Command (CID), include hundreds of images that have never been publicly released." It says the evidence was obtained from "someone who spent time at Abu Ghraib as a uniformed member of the military and is familiar with the CID investigation.”
Also see Reply #38 in this thread: Holy cow!!! 1,325 images of suspected detainee abuse
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2112727&mesg_id=2114593
Comment/excerpt: Article in the Guardian (UK): http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1711844,00.html
“Abu Ghraib leaked report reveals full extent of abuse
· 1,325 images of suspected detainee abuse
· 93 video files of suspected detainee abuse
· 660 images of adult pornography
· 546 images of suspected dead Iraqi detainees
· 29 images of soldiers in simulated sexual acts”

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x440043
thread title (2-16-06 GD): Salon Obtains 'Entirety' of Abu Ghraib Photos & Videos