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tamiO
6th May 2004, 03:41 PM
I was reading the memory hole and it seems they blogged something a year ago from "The Sun."

I realize that the Sun may be like our National Enquirer, the Memory Hole (http://www.thememoryhole.org/) had this to say:

>>> Back from Iraq, a British soldier took a roll of film to be developed. When the photo developer who owns the shop saw what she was processing, she called the police, who arrested the soldier. In this article, the Sun (London) describes the pictures:

ONE was apparently taken in a warehouse. It showed a man stripped at least to the waist and suspended high in the air by a rope attached to one of the forks on a fork-lift truck.

More rope bound him throughout the length of his body.

He was hanging horizontally and his frightened face was in close-up. A soldier driving the fork-lift truck could be seen in the background, staring at his victim and apparently laughing.

ANOTHER picture showed a pair of white legs and the head of a male Iraqi.

The hand of a man behind the Iraqi’s head appeared to be forcing him to perform oral sex.

The Iraqi was squatting and again appeared to be at least naked to the waist. The soldier’s face was not visible.

A THIRD picture showed a pair of bare backsides. One Iraqi man was on his knees on the floor with his body bent.

Another was pressed behind him, tightly moulding his body like a spoon in what seemed to be a sexual position.

THE FOURTH snap showed two naked Iraqis cowering on the ground as if thrown there.


quote source = http://www.thememoryhole.org/memoryblog.htm

The original article has been archived at The Sun's website, but there are more excerpts of it on the Memory Hole.

Bikewer
6th May 2004, 05:09 PM
In a brief note on "all things considered" tonight, they mentioned that Red Cross representatives had been recieving reports of prisoner abuse and torture since last Summer...

a_unique_person
6th May 2004, 05:58 PM
They are all just fakes, British troops don't do this sort of thing.

a_unique_person
6th May 2004, 06:00 PM
However, I will note, if you train a person to kill, don't be surprised if other bad things start popping into their heads. An army is a two edged sword.

American
6th May 2004, 06:19 PM
What. Did they have to marry you?

tamiO
8th May 2004, 03:04 PM
Originally posted by Bikewer
In a brief note on "all things considered" tonight, they mentioned that Red Cross representatives had been recieving reports of prisoner abuse and torture since last Summer...

I am supposing there weren't any pictures out of the other places complained about. I think the military are more successful in suppressing the press when there aren't photos.

And, yes, Rumsfeld admitted that it was standard procedure for the military to ask the press to hold off or delay news. He said he would not use the word suppress, however.

Just like that list of actionable items were not a plan, asking the press to hold off on news is not suppression of the media. :rolleyes:

tamiO
8th May 2004, 03:06 PM
Originally posted by American
What. Did they have to marry you?

That was probably the most inhuman torture that was dished out. The Iraqi prisoners were shown my picture and and were given a brief concerning my 12 ex-husbands and told them they would have to marry me if they didn't talk.

American
8th May 2004, 04:31 PM
Originally posted by tamiO

That was probably the most inhuman torture that was dished out. The Iraqi prisoners were shown my picture and and were given a brief concerning my 12 ex-husbands and told them they would have to marry me if they didn't talk.


Good evening, ma'am.

charley_bigtime
8th May 2004, 11:16 PM
Originally posted by a_unique_person
They are all just fakes, British troops don't do this sort of thing.

I *do* hope you are being sarcastic....