What the US enforces in Iraq....
In the wake of the IED attack that wounded the Polish ambassador.
As an avid watcher of the images out of Iraq, I have to say that this ban on photographs after attacks has been nearly complete. There have been almost no pictures of attacks on any news service in the many months since this picture ban has been imposed. From a propaganda point of view, it has been hugely successful.
More than the numbers, more than the stories, the pictures of the attacks, of the bodies in the streets, conveyed the brutality of Iraq. Now, those images are gone, and come to find out, the US is helping to enforce that policy.
I think it's the only law in Iraq that's actually enforced.
U.S. authorities confiscated an AP Television News videotape that contained scenes of the wounded being evacuated. U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Scott Bleichwehl told the AP the government of Iraq had made it illegal to photograph or videotape the aftermath of bombings or other attacks.
As an avid watcher of the images out of Iraq, I have to say that this ban on photographs after attacks has been nearly complete. There have been almost no pictures of attacks on any news service in the many months since this picture ban has been imposed. From a propaganda point of view, it has been hugely successful.
More than the numbers, more than the stories, the pictures of the attacks, of the bodies in the streets, conveyed the brutality of Iraq. Now, those images are gone, and come to find out, the US is helping to enforce that policy.
I think it's the only law in Iraq that's actually enforced.
posted by mikevotes at
7:24 AM
2 Comments:
As a tactic it works. Look at Burma.
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Anonymous, at 7:47 AM
IT's a great tactic, and it's gone down without much complaint from the press.
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mikevotes, at 8:17 AM
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