where can I find the pictures of the American prisoners of the Iraq
war that have been shown all over the world except in USA in the last
few days?

Hello daisydelrio-ga,

Here is a link to the pictures.

"Pictures of U.S. POWs in Iraq", by Matthew Riemer (March 23, 2003)
U.S. Crusade
http://www.uscrusade.com/2003/uspows.html

For anyone reading this answer, the fact that I am posting the link
does not mean that I condone the videotaping of American POWs; to the
contrary, my understanding is that any governmental agency that
permits the broadcast of such pictures violates the Geneva Convention.

"Geneva Convention prohibits filming POWs", by Pamela Hess (3/23/2003)
United Press International
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030323-055213-8026r

- justaskscott-ga


Search terms used on Google:

"al jazeera" pows
"al jazeera" pows geneva

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Clarification of Answer by justaskscott-ga on 26 Mar 2003 19:09 PST

I should clarify: what I meant to say was that any governmental agency
in control of POWs which permits a humiliating videotape of them to be
made and publicized would violate the Geneva Convention.  I doubt that
a government in another country would violate the Geneva Convention by
allowing its broadcasters to show the tape; perhaps it would violate
some sense of decency, but that decision would be up to the individual
government.

Only governments are required to abide by the Geneva Convention, and
although the media is encouraged to do the same, they are not required
to do so. The government must not release footage or allow access to
prisoners for the purpose of breaking the Geneva convention. The video
has indeed been shown in Britain (BBC) and many countries around the
world.

The United States has been accused of hypocrisy however the US
military released footage of Iraqi prisoners where they could be
identified (this would not have been a problem if it was simply the
media who had caught glimpse of the prisoners). Al Jazeera made this
point when it played the footage of the US prisoners. Red Cross
representatives have also mentioned repeatedly that the Bush
administration has violated the Geneva Convention by refusing access
to prisoners at Guantanamo Bay including two Australians.
Source: http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2003/s816115.htm

We in Australia have seen over and over again the videos and
accompanying voices of the POWS including Shashawna the African
American young lady and the later two helicopter pilots. However by
all reasonable assessments I cant see how anyone, such as
Justaskscott, could argue that any frame shown was particularly  or
grossly humiliating for any individual POW. In relative terms at least
that is; relative to what could have been shown I mean. I mean they
were not forced to stand naked from the waist down wearing a tee-shirt
that said "I Love Saddam" or anything like that,or  have those in  the
USA been told something different.  They were certainly seen to be
frightened, nervous and jumpy however without appearing absolutely
terrified; one in fact acted almost defiant calling out with
conviction his name rank and serial number.
 I think the claim of hypocracy  partly relates to the fact that when
the shoe was on the other foot, so to speak, the captives in the USA
controlled prison camp in Guantanamo Bay were at first not even
considered worthy of the protection of any protocols of the Geneva
Convention.  The video footage that came out of G/Bay would seem by
any reasoanble standard applied degrading to those who were there and
their parents, wives etc being, as it was, showing individuals  at one
time trusssed up like chickens in a supermarket or mudcrabs at the
fish market, or blindfolded,  or forced to run semi-naked &
blindfolded etc etc. The saving grace and perhaps a critical
difference would be that no particular individuals face was shown on
video footage as far as I remember.

Here is Amnesty International's position on the issue:

"Iraq/USA: No double standards for POWs" (25 March 2003)
Amnesty International
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE140422003