Plan for Iraq Abuse Exhibit Is Criticized (Andy Warhol Museum)

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Plan for Iraq Abuse Exhibit Is Criticized
By MIKE CRISSEY, Associated Press Writer

PITTSBURGH - A museum's plans to exhibit photos of abuse at the U.S.-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq have angered some veterans advocates, who say it will be tantamount to convicting soldiers still on trial.

The Andy Warhol Museum exhibit, "Inconvenient Evidence: Iraqi Prisoner Photographs from Abu Ghraib," opens Sept. 17 and will include eight to 15 photos. A similar exhibit is planned for a museum in New York City.

Tom Sokolowski, the Warhol museum's director, said Friday the museum has not decided which photos will be displayed but will choose from numerous images collected from news outlets and Web sites. The photos show naked Iraqi prisoners forced to simulate sexual acts, among other abuses.

Joseph Dugan, president of the Soldiers & Sailors National Military Museum & Memorial, said the exhibition's concept is "appalling."

"They are trying to call somebody's amateur photographs of some lower personnel's actions artwork," Dugan said. "It is a disservice to all the veterans who served ... This should not be used as an art exhibit."

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1. RELEASE THE VIDEO'S TUESDAY!!!! That willl bury Bush! n/t

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2. Why not ask bush? Were the soldiers right to do this or not?

Answer the question - bush. You've said the soldiers are guilty and the court martials are proceeding, but yet you say rumsfeld is right about everything. So - which is it, mr. bush?

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3. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=815562