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Stories from 2004-05-07

Transcript: Alleged Bin Ladin Statement - May 6, 2004

Usama Bin Ladin | World News Connection | May 7, 2004

"Caution and liberation from the magic of media is also required so that we will not be mere viewers of catastrophes and events, but rather fight the enemy and make events. This is a decisive war, after which we will either rise and have pride or descend and be humiliated." [more]

Fourth Soldier Makes Abuse Claims

STAFF | Ananova | May 7, 2004

"'There was one CD going round our room with about 500 shots on it. Some were before and after pictures of beatings.'" [more]

Grueling Duties in Prison, Rounds of Golf on its Roof

Scott Shane | Baltimore Sun | May 7, 2004

"Job openings on CACI's Web site yesterday included 'interrogator' - two years of law enforcement experience and a top-secret clearance required - as well as other jobs that in an earlier era might have been limited to the CIA: 'senior counterintelligence agent' and 'senior intelligence analyst.' All the jobs are in Baghdad." [more]

Torture as Pornography

Joanna Bourke | Guardian | May 7, 2004

"The pictures of American soldiers humiliating Iraqi detainees are reminiscent of sadomasochistic porn — and we should not be surprised." [more]

U.S. to Worldwide Firms: Iraq Safer Than You Think

Sandip Roy | Pacific News Service | May 7, 2004

"Security is hoped to emerge from reconstruction, but successful reconstruction itself depends on security. But the government's 'Doing Business in Iraq' presentation claims the scope of violent conflict in Iraq has been overstated. 'Watching BBC or CNN would make you believe that Iraq is a no-man's land,' one of the first slides in the presentation states. 'The situation in Baghdad is not what it appears in the news media.'" [more]

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