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>Abu Ghraib - WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY? >FRONTLINE INVESTIGATES THE TORTURE QUESTION > >http://www.pbs.org/frontline/torture/ > >In mid-August, a FRONTLINE documentary crew made >the perilous journey to the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. >Entering the 280-acre compound in the middle of the >night, escorted by helicopters and a convoy of armed >Humvees, the crew was following 50 detainees fresh >from the battlefield. As they were ordered to kneel in >formation on the concrete floor, one detainee nervously >asked the FRONTLINE cameraman, "Is this Abu Ghraib?" >The answer brought a shudder. > >Abu Ghraib has always been a terrifying place to Iraqis -- >Saddam Hussein used it as his primary torture chamber -- >but in 2004, when graphic photographs of American >soldiers abusing prisoners surfaced, Abu Ghraib took >on deeper meaning. > >"The details of what happened in those cellblocks >between the American soldiers and Iraqi detainees >are well known," says producer/director Michael Kirk, >"but how and why it happened is what took us into the heart >of Abu Ghraib that night." > >In The Torture Question, FRONTLINE traces the history of >how decisions made in Washington in the immediate aftermath >of September 11 led to a robust interrogation policy that laid >the groundwork for prisoner abuse in Afghanistan; >Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and Iraq. > >The FRONTLINE producers interviewed more than 30 >direct participants in the story, pored over thousands of >pages of documents, examined hundreds of pictures and >videotapes, and traveled to the American prisons at >Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. > >In the uncertain weeks following September 11, an internal power >struggle was underway deep inside the Bush administration. Waged >between partisans at the highest levels of the government, that battle -- >captured in a series of blunt memos -- exemplifies the struggle to create >a legal framework to give the president authority to aggressively interrogate >enemy fighters in the war on terror. > >On October 18, FRONTLINE goes behind closed doors to investigate >the struggle over how and when to use what was called "coercive >interrogation." The film begins with a policy born out of fear and >anger and tracks how increasingly tough measures were taken to >gather information about Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, and finally >the rising insurgency in Iraq. > >In an examination that begins at the White House and ends in the public >debate about alleged abuses at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Abu Ghraib, >policy makers, government interrogators, and their subjects talk to >FRONTLINE about their experiences as part of this internal battle. > >Read the entire press release: > >http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/torture/#press > >#### [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose.org helps at-risk students succeed. Fund a student project today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/O4u7KD/FpQLAA/E2hLAA/7gSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
