Guilty- Of Shining Too Much Light on the Darkness
Word gets out that the US military has been holding an AP photographer, Balil Hussein, without charges for more than 19 months! They plan to pursue charges against him in an Iraqi court. Criminals trying criminals? It could only be possible during the absurdity of war.
What’s just as outrageous is the fact that Mr. Hussein’s prosecutors will not disclose the evidence against him, nor even the accusations. This, of course, makes it impossible to plan a defense. Mr. Hussein must be so thankful for the US gift of democracy.
I think I can guess the charges against Mr. Hussein:
- Successfully documenting the brutality of the occupiers.
- Effectively illustrating the killing and suffering of Iraqi civilians.
- Helping expose to the world the fact that a comparatively few and lightly armed, ragtag collection of motivated insurgents have repelled the most powerful military in the history of mankind for 4 ½ years and counting.
Note: All the photos linked above are those of Balil Hussein.
November 20th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
[…] Off the record - Craig Box wrote an interesting post today!.Here’s a quick excerptGuilty- Of Shining Too Much Light on the Darkness November 20th, 2007 by Roger Young [IMG] Word gets out that the US military has been holding an AP photographer, Balil Hussein, without charges for more than 19 months! They plan to pursue charges against him in an Iraqi court. Criminals trying criminals? It could only be possible during the absurdity of war. What’s just as outrageous is the fact that Mr. Hussein’s prosecutors will not disclose the evidence against him, nor even the accusati […]