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Saddam hussein capture photographs5/16/2023 ![]() ![]() The military said the source of the photos was not immediately known. “We take seriously our responsibility to ensure the safety and security of all detainees,” a military statement said. He added that the military would question the troops holding Hussein as part of its investigation. It’s not the content of the photo that is the issue at hand, but it is the existence or release of the photos,” U.S. military in Baghdad said the photos violated military guidelines “and possibly Geneva Convention guidelines for the humane treatment of detained individuals.” “The specific issue here is that these images are against (Department of Defense) policy. “The photo is demeaning to Iraqis,” he said, adding that “from the professional side, it is not news.” The U.S. Jihad Ballout, a spokesman for the Al-Jazeera network, said his network did not show the pictures because it had ethical and professional concerns. ![]() That’s the least he deserves,” said Hawre Saliee, a 38-year-old Kurd. “Saddam Hussein and his regime were bloody and practiced mass killing against the people, therefore, whatever happens to Saddam, whether he is photographed naked or washing his clothes, it means nothing to me. In northern Kirkuk, Marwan Ibrahim, a 31-year-old civil servant, said the pictures were a “humiliation for a man who in the near past was the leader of Iraq and a top Arab leader in the region.” Others, however, were not so kind. Do they want to degrade the Iraqi people? Or they want to provoke their feelings,” said Abu Barick, a 45-year-old Baghdad businessman. Saddam is from the past now, so what is the reason for this? It is bad work from the media. “This is an insult to show the former president in such a condition. Other published photos show him clothed and seated on a chair doing some washing, sleeping and walking in what is described as his prison yard. Iraqis gathered in coffee shops in Baghdad and elsewhere watched as some Arab satellite networks – including Al-Arabiya – showed the front page of The Sun, with its picture of Hussein standing in his underwear. He said the photos were part “of a comprehensive war against the Islamic and Arab nations” that included the abuse at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison and allegations by Newsweek, which were later retracted, about Koran desecration at the U.S. “We will sue the newspaper and everyone who helped in showing these pictures.” “It is clear that the pictures were taken inside the prison, which means that American soldiers have leaked the pictures,” he said by telephone from Amman, Jordan. Hussein’s chief lawyer, Ziad al-Khasawneh, said his legal team would sue The Sun because the photos represent “an insult to humanity, Arabs and the Iraqi people.” “The Sun is proud to run the pictures and we will be running more tomorrow.” “These are iconic images of the world’s most notorious war criminal,” the paper said in a statement. ![]() Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu ![]()
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