Saddam hussein capture photographs update#
Update (1352): Bill at INDC emails a link to this related story: “ I Punched Saddam in the Mouth” (Riverfront Times, April 13)
The White House said President Bush had been told of the pictures and “strongly supports the aggressive and thorough investigation that is already under way.” Washington promised an investigation on Friday into how pictures of Saddam Hussein in his underpants were splashed across the front-page of Britain’s biggest-selling daily newspaper. Update (1230): Bush pledges probe into Saddam prison pictures (Reuters) Of course, given the beard, this appears to be from the day he was captured and would be perfectly explainable. If soldiers are posing him in odd positions to take amusing photos, that’s a problem. That a photo of same is circulating in a tabloid is only slightly worrisome. The fact that the man is wearing underwear and washing his socks isn’t troubling. The Sun newspaper’s world exclusive shots give a first fascinating insight into his pathetic life behind bars. Now Saddam Hussein is reduced to shuffling around his prison compound in his underpants and washing his OWN dirty socks in a simple bowl. HE WAS once the world’s most feared despot with the blood of innocent thousands on his murderous hands. Pictures show Iraq’s Saddam in his underwear (Reuters) Compared to years of brutalizing his own people and invading his neighbors, this barely rates a mention: Presumably, some souvenir seeker snapped the photo. One wonders where the photos came from, to be sure, but this is hardly an aggregious insult to Hussein’s honor, such as it is. The treaty also says detainees are entitled to respect for their honor. Prisoners of war “must at all times be protected, particularly against acts of violence or intimidation and against insults and public curiosity,” according to Article 13 of the 1949 Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners of war. “We don’t know what the source of these photos is,” he said, adding that “every effort” is being put into the probe.
Navy Lieutenant Commander Gil Mendez said in a telephone interview from Baghdad. “We are investigating the incident very aggressively,” coalition spokesman U.S.
The photos appear to have been taken over a year ago, and were taken “in clear violation of Department of Defense directives and possibly Geneva Convention guidelines for the humane treatment of detained individuals,” the U.S. News Corp.’s The Sun newspaper today features an image of the former dictator wearing only his underpants on its front cover, with the headline “Tyrant’s in His Pants,” and inside, three more images show Hussein sleeping, washing his socks while wearing a robe, and walking around his prison. military began an investigation after photos of Saddam Hussein appeared in a British tabloid newspaper, including one image of the ousted Iraqi dictator in his underpants in jail. Photos of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in his underpants appeared in a British tabloid, sparking an investigation by the U.S.
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