Iraqis snap up CDs of abuse images

[UpInArms]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/26/iraq.abuse.raz/

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- George W. Bush has pledged to demolish Abu Ghraib prison, but the memory of the abuse scandal involving American troops is unlikely to fade quickly from the minds of most Iraqis.

In his speech this week outlining a vision for a democratic Iraq, the U.S. president evoked the prison near Baghdad as a symbol of tyranny under both Saddam Hussein and the U.S.-led occupation.

"Under the dictator, prisons like Abu Ghraib were symbols of death and torture. That same prison became a symbol of disgraceful conduct by a few American troops who dishonored our country and disregarded our values."

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Among the pirated copies of Hollywood movies "Rocky 4," "Titanic" and "Terminator," there is a new blockbuster on the market stalls: a CD containing graphic images of abuse at the notorious jail.

"American Army" sits prominently on the shelves inside a Baghdad street market where men gather in silence to watch.

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[Walt Starr]

1. It's probably a good thing the Bush "re-election" team is so incompetent

Seriously, if they're buying copies of this on the streets of baghdad, is there any doubt we will see the images in increasingly mviolent and sickening drips and drabs all summer long?

If the Bush team had any competence whatsoever they would have realized all of the images and videos have to be released immediately. It's the only way their camapaign could get past this.

Like I said, I'm glad they're incompetent.

[UpInArms]

2. Torture at Abu Ghraib: Pictures and movies hit P2P...

http://www.itic.ca/DIC/News/2004/05/Torture_Abu_Ghraib.html

After software, games, music, movies, child pornography and terrorism, the worldwide P2P community now puts its hands on the darkest human activity: ``Torture".

Yesterday, US officials said the leaking files (pictures and movies) were seen propagating onto P2P at a rate of 24M downloads a day. For Europe, during our 1 hour observation phase, we identified 387 explicit files and spotted 11,423 users.

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[plcdude]

3. What is P2P

mean?

[Walt Starr]

4. Peer to Peer

It's file swapping software like Kazaa.

[Jacobin]

5. peer to peer

Think Kazaa, napster

[UpInArms]

7. P2P

P2P
Peer-to-peer: Electronic file swapping systems that allow users to share files, computing capabilities, networks, bandwidth and storage.

[Jacobin]

6. The cat is definitely and irretrievably out of the bag now

Wonder if Rummfilled has a clue that his dreaded pics are now spread far and wide across the globe

[jdj]

8. Oh, those WMD's

Weapons of mass distribution.

And Rummy thought he had all the bases covered. Technology has kicked his ass.

[daleo]

9. BFEE will claim photos are inauthentic

Except those that are absolutely irrefutable i.e. an identifiable U.S. soldier participating in an unmistakable crime.

[hunter]

10. That doesn't matter...

The Bush administration has no credibility. In many ways they are worse off than if they had been forthright about this.

[sandboxface]

11. Anyone have a copy?

I can't find it on LimeWire. Please email me! [e-mail]