Abu Ghraib's shocking photos become museum pieces in US

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/us_iraq_prisoners

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NEW YORK (AFP) - The shocking photographs of US soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison have made their way into two US museums, creating controversy over the propriety of exhibiting the damaging pictures.

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"As photographs of war, they offer a quite different view from the studied heroics of the 20th century war photography," says the New York center, which was founded by photographer Cornell Capa 30 years ago.


"The images began to invade the American consciousness ... and jolted our perception of the Iraqi conflict," Brian Wallis, the exhibit's director, said, adding that the photos were the "strongest" to emerge from the war.


"The emergence of the Abu Ghraib photographs fundamentally calls into question the relationship between photography and war," he said.

[truthisfreedom]

1. i don't think rove was involved in this.

somehow i just don't see bushco wanting these photos back in the news. they want them down the memory hole.

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2. Tony Blankley: Thank God for General Boykin

Just a hand full of bad apples