[news] Iraq: The Limits of Empire

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Posted by-Mohammad Basirul Haq Sinha 
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http://www.lefthook.org/Politics/Yu070204.html - By Mark Yu The U.S. occupation 
of Iraq is running into serious obstacles on several fronts. Photos documenting 
the use of torture at Abu Ghraib prison have torn the mask of legitimacy from 
the face of the civilian-military occupying force. While the torture itself 
could be treated as a mere aberration by U.S. politicians and 
commentators--overlooking the violence of the entire colonial enterprise in 
Iraq and ignoring similar abuse in prisons at home--the political impact of the 
photographs could not be so easily disregarded. The prison scandal, scandalous 
only because the perpetrators were caught in the act, has permanently disarmed 
the public relations effort to "win the hearts and minds" of the Iraqi people.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/7/9/7517/52297