The making of a monster – torture, trauma and mind control in Iraq
NOVANEWS
By Ian Greenhalgh
The with-holding of 2000 images from the prisons of Iraq seeks to hide a very dark secret.
After a FOIA request by the ACLU and a subsequent long legal battle, a US District Court judge ordered the Dept of Defense to release 2000 photos taken in Iraqi prisons between 2003 and 2006 during internal investigations into mistreatment of prisoners. However, only 198 photos of those 2000 have been released in a move that is basically Ash Carter sticking two fingers up to the judicial system.
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The 198 released photos contain little of note, they are mostly close ups of bodies showing injuries, all faces have been redacted with black bars. Clearly,...