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The Iraqi Torture Videotapes
(UPDATED) Roger Simon points out that The Real Picture Show - with real-life scenes of Saddam Hussein's army cutting off dissidents' fingers, throwing people off buildings and cutting out tongues - is on the brink of becoming public. The video is in the hands of Arab TV stations right now, he reports.
Fortunately, FNC has archived the report - and the video - at its web site. It's here. It shows Saddam's army - presumably, there's a good chance some of them were at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq - taking part in some of the most barbaric, inhuman acts you'll see. Greg Kelly, the FNC correspondent who narrates the report, indicates much of the brutality was edited out of the video and that there are still more videos that exist. Said Kelly: "One tape is said to show a man being eaten by dogs while Saddam Hussein, himself, looks on." MORE: Film maker Don North says he has an independent documentary with a graphic presentation of the torture and abuses dished out by Saddam's military and militia, but says he is having a hard time getting it shown:
Unlike other documentary makers, the media hasn't yet put a spotlight on North's attempt to have his movie shown to the public. By Ed Moltzen · 17 May 2004
Comments
Speaking of documentaries, did you happen to catch the article in yesterday's newsday about al Jazeera? Posted by: michele at May 17, 2004 01:58 PMYes...It was amazing, but not totally surprising. This part was interesting: "(W)e do not hear from the American journalists who will tell you off the record that they have witnessed Al-Jazeera indulging in a bit of staged news as well." Don't be surprised if we start getting a lot of detail in the post-war books that come out. Posted by: Ed at May 17, 2004 03:10 PMPost a comment
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