Al-Jazeera showing pictures of captured American soldiers RIGHT NOW...

Rearden Metal · Mar 23, 2003

Quote from candletrader:

CNN and MSNBC will undoubtedly be showing edited versions in due course...

I doubt it... I think that would be illegal.

FRuiTY PeBBLe · Mar 23, 2003

Quote from Rearden Metal:

I understand that this video is horrible & grusome, but I feel uninformed by not having seen it.

Where can I view it on the net?

I feel the same way, honestly.

F. P.

Rearden Metal · Mar 23, 2003

I don't make a habit of watching horrible 'faces of death' type vidoes, but sometime today the video should be available on this site:

http://www.ogrish.com/

Still pictures already out here:

http://www.yellowtimes.org/article.php?sid=1199

Brosh J. · Mar 23, 2003

Ahh ... God, I hate seeing this. I hate all this.

candletrader · Mar 23, 2003

The following pic doesnt violate the geneva convention, since that convention only applies to living pow's... for some of the brave dead american patriots, here is a pic courtesy from al-jazeera... given that we freely see pics of the dead evil iraqi scum within the western media, balance dictates that we observe a further dose of the reality of war:

candletrader · Mar 23, 2003

Another point of debate on the role of pics and video feed of living pow's relating to the geneva convention, is that the Geneva convention ONLY applies to legitimate soldiers... if it can be shown that the brave US heros are fighting an illegal war (many countries are suggesting that this is precisely the case), then the brave american heros could legally be regarded as "illegal combatants"... and the Geneva convention will NOT apply in such a case, in which case al-jazeera did nothing wrong in showing video feed of our living pow's...

Another key point is that western media organizations have shown plenty of live video feeds of Iraqi pow's... so, on this basis, the US must ALSO condemn CNN, MSNBC, FOX etc, if America's use of the Geneva Convention argument is to have any credibility...

This whole area is open to legalistic debate on the international scene...

Babak · Mar 23, 2003

Guys, remember that these soldiers have been trained for this. I hope they aren't killed and that their training kicks in...fast.

candletrader · Mar 23, 2003

Quote from Babak:

Guys, remember that these soldiers have been trained for this. I hope they aren't killed and that their training kicks in...fast.

Yup, they have been through exhaustive hostage scenario training... lets hope they don't cave in to their emotions, Brother Babak...

FRuiTY PeBBLe · Mar 23, 2003

American POWs video for those who want to see it:

http://movies.ogrish.com/pow.asf

Glenn_Dude · Mar 23, 2003

I f Any foreign force , power , nation or army Invades the USA , for ANY Illegitimate reason or to steal our wealth , I'd be the first one on the streets to get my hands on any of their agents . And ,IF I ever get my hands on any of them , I'd definitely Not shoot them in the heads , I'd definitely put them through the most inhumane torture anyone can imagine until he/she dies a most painful death . Then I'd butcher them into pieces & feed them to the poor zoo animals .

http://www.michaelparenti.org/IRAQGeorge2.htm