Iraq-corpse Web site operator held for obscenity (porn)

[donsu]

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticleSearch.aspx?storyID=114580+08-Oct-2005+RTRS&srch=Iraq-corpse+

The American operator of a Web site which posted grisly pictures of people killed in the Iraq and Afghan conflicts was arrested on obscenity charges unrelated to the war photos, police officials in Florida said.

The Polk County sheriff's office said Christopher Michael Wilson was arrested on Friday and faces one count of wholesale distribution of obscene material and 300 misdemeanor charges relating to the Web site and pornographic photos.

The charges were unrelated to the photos of corpses from Iraq and Afghanistan, which the site states were provided by U.S. troops in exchange for free access to pornographic material.

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Many were accompanied by captions making light of the corpses. One photo of a charred body was dubbed "Cooked Iraqi."
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are you proud of our military men. they will do anything for free porn.

do you think Wilson was arrested just for the porn? or to get military crimes off the net?

[Dogmudgeon]

1. Wilson offended the Junta

Off to Gitmo he goes.

Well, unless the bad publicity falls on the Junta and not his website.

That's what he gets for living in Florida.

--p!

[leftchick]

2. arrested for the latter

can't have merikans viewing US war crimes now can we?

[tatertop]

3. Is that site up yet?

[mcg]

6. A link to the site, warning - graphic

http://www.nowthatsfuckedup.com/bbs/index.php

Pictures From Iraq And Afganistan - Gory:
http://www.nowthatsfuckedup.com/bbs/forum23.html

[tatertop]

7. That's graphic alright. Thanks for the link

[Rex]

4. The military/BFEE didn't like reality being shown on a webpage.

So they used the tried and true method of arresting someone on 'porn' charges. I bet he had a pic of some soldier that really could have hurt the Pentagon's image (lame joke).

[melody]

5. Polk County? That says it all. DA Vendetta is there. n/t