Iraq Dispatches: SBS Torture Video, British Abuse Video and Photos of Torture and

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News From Inside Iraq

 

Weary of the overall failure of the US media to accurately report on

the realities of the war in Iraq for the Iraqi people and US soldiers,

Dahr Jamail went to Iraq to report on the war himself.

 

His dispatches were quickly recognized as an important media resource

and he is now writing for the Inter Press Service, The Asia Times and

many other outlets. His reports have also been published with The

Nation, The Sunday Herald, Islam Online, the Guardian and the

Independent to name just a few. Dahr's dispatches and hard news

stories have been translated into French, Polish, German, Dutch,

Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic and Turkish. On radio

as well as television, Dahr reports for Democracy Now!, the BBC, and

numerous other stations around the globe. Dahr is also special

correspondent for Flashpoints.

 

Dahr has spent a total of 8 months in occupied Iraq as one of only a

few independent US journalists in the country. Dahr uses the

DahrJamailIraq.com website and his popular mailing list to disseminate

his dispatches.

 

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February 18, 2006

 

 

SBS Torture Video, British Abuse Video and Photos of Torture and

Abuse of Iraqis

 

In an effort to keep the videos and footage of abuse and torture of

Iraqis by American and British forces in Iraq available despite U.S.

government and Pentagon censorship efforts, we have decided to post

them all.

 

Below are brief descriptions of each video and groups of photographs,

followed by a link where they may be viewed.

 

*UK News Of the World shows British Troops Beating Iraqi Youth

February 2006*

 

The UK's News of the World showed a 2 minute video of British Troops

dragging a number of Iraqi youth involved in a protest behind a gate

and then violently beating them. The News of the World website states

that " The News of the World has a long history of supporting British

troops

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which is why we believe out heroes are shamed by these thugs [the

troops doing the beating] " . Obviously " these thugs " not only include

the numerous individuals involved with the actual beating, but the

tens of troops who walked by the incident unconcerned, and the man

with the gun and video camera who was filming while cheering the

" thugs " on. The video gives the distinct impression that this type of

behavior is widespread amongst the British Troops.

 

To view this disturbing video, click here

<http://www.dahrjamailiraq.com/multi_media/>

 

*SBS in Australia broadcasts the Abu Ghraib footage the US government

has not allowed you to see.*

 

February 16, 2006

On Wednesday 16 February 2006, Australian public broadcaster SBS

current affairs program DATELINE telecast a segment featring 60 new

photos of the torture inflicted on prisoners in the Abu Ghraib prison

in Iraq.

These photos were secured by court order - the ACLU figures

prominently in the report - but these photos haven't yet been shown in

the media anywhere in the United States. Because of the broadcast on

SBS, you now have access to both Web-downloadable versions and

BitTorrent file-sharing network versions of the broadcast on this

site. THESE PHOTOS ARE VERY DISTURBING. Please do not view this video

if you are easily disturbed by graphic imagery of torture and death.

 

To view this disturbing video, click here

<http://www.dahrjamailiraq.com/multi_media/>

 

*To view the photos from Salon.com and the SBS broadcast click* here

<http://www.dahrjamailiraq.com/gallery/>

 

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