ABU GHRAIB PART DEUX?

SITE EDIT, 12/10/07 - This entry is from former site contributor, "justaguy", whose author title isn't recreated on these republished posts of his after the site was upgraded to the use of MT 4.0 (his work was successfully reimported and republished but his User Account was not, and, thus, this manual edit to identify the contributions on this blog by "justaguy".
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Photos have surfaced of Navy SEALs within Iraq nabbing various Hussein allies, etc.

According to the AP story...

"An Associated Press reporter found more than 40 of the pictures among hundreds in an album posted on a commercial photo-sharing Web site by a woman who said her husband brought them from Iraq after his tour of duty. It is unclear who took the pictures, which the Navy said it was investigating after the AP furnished copies to get comment for this story."

I'm starting to believe we need classify personal cameras on the frontlines (among soldiers) as contraband. Some individuals within the media are labeling this "Abu Ghraib Part 2." From my examination of the initial set of photos...I see no clear signs of abuse. If "posing" is considered abuse...then we need to launch an investigation into this photo.

On a website that I frequent someone asked why the Navy SEALs had put one particular prisoner within a "dress."

It isn't a dress...it's sleepwear/underwear...sometimes worn beneath Galabiyyas.

My educated guess is that the picture was taken near the holy city of Karbala in about April of 2003. If I remember correctly...one photo was time stamped May 2003. That particular wear is worn beneath Galabiyyas...which are typically worn in holy cities. If I remember correctly...U.S. Special Forces were pushing towards Baghdad...and were making raids in Karbala at this time (April)...if I also remember correctly a Black Hawk went down during this time...Black Hawks are typically used to transport various Special Forces.

On a side note...Balaclavas should be standard issue for all Iraqi National Guard troops....I hope we start destroying more...not just to their Special Forces...it might curb retaliatory attacks from Baathists and foreign terrorists.

-- justaguy

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