Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Winning hearts AND minds

"The document reads depressingly like a treatment for an Abu Ghraib-inspired sequel involving American power, the Arab world, sexual violence, and digital photography. As the text shows, there appear to be layers of this story yet to be revealed—none of them likely to help President Obama’s outreach campaign in the Muslim world. The document refers, for example, to multiple women photographed by Warren, the alleged assailant, whom it describes as a convert to Islam." (thanks Laleh)