The image is one of the more infamous from the Abu Ghirab prison. An Iraqi detaining was forced to stand in that position for over eight hours, after having been told that if he lowered his arms, he would be electrocuted.
Here's the original photo:
http://www.antiwar.com/photos/perm/torture1.jpg
And a whole set from the prison:
http://www.antiwar.com/news/?articleid=2444
Bush's new pick for Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, wrote memos as White House counsel that stated that the Geneva Convention prohibition on torture didn't apply to Iraqi prisoners.
o/" WAITING To put on a black shirt WAITING To weed out the weaklings WAITING To smash in their windows and kick in their doors WAITING For the final solution to strengthen the strain WAITING To follow the worms WAITING To turn on the showers and fire up the ovens WAITING For the queens and the coons and the reds and the jews WAITING To follow the worms o/"
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Date: 2004-11-16 07:56 pm (UTC)Or something.
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Date: 2004-11-16 08:09 pm (UTC)may have to swipe it.
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Date: 2004-11-16 08:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-16 08:25 pm (UTC)thanks.
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Date: 2004-11-16 08:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-16 08:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-16 08:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-16 09:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-16 08:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-16 08:51 pm (UTC)Here's the original photo:
http://www.antiwar.com/photos/perm/torture1.jpg
And a whole set from the prison:
http://www.antiwar.com/news/?articleid=2444
Bush's new pick for Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, wrote memos as White House counsel that stated that the Geneva Convention prohibition on torture didn't apply to Iraqi prisoners.
http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2004/11/gonzales_tortur.html
This man is going to be in charge of federal law enforcement.
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Date: 2004-11-16 09:47 pm (UTC)*shudder*
Date: 2004-11-16 09:50 pm (UTC)WAITING
To put on a black shirt
WAITING
To weed out the weaklings
WAITING
To smash in their windows and kick in their doors
WAITING
For the final solution to strengthen the strain
WAITING
To follow the worms
WAITING
To turn on the showers and fire up the ovens
WAITING
For the queens and the coons and the reds and the jews
WAITING
To follow the worms
o/"
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Date: 2004-11-17 09:21 am (UTC)burn baby, burn
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Date: 2004-11-18 12:56 am (UTC)