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Arab Voices on Abu Ghraib
EGYPTIAN NOVELIST AHDAF SOUEIF: "PROFOUND RACISM.""The acts in the photos being flashed across the networks would not have taken place but for the profound racism that infects the American and British establishments," said Soueif in a May 5 article in The Guardian. "It is implicit in the U.S. administration’s position that anyone who does not agree that all of history has been moving towards a glorious pinnacle expressed in the U.S. political, ideological and economic system has rejected modernity; that it is America’s mission to civilize and to punish." RIVERBEND—A GIRL WEB BLOG FROM IRAQ : "JUST GO.""People are seething with anger--the pictures of Abu Ghraib are everywhere. It's like a nightmare that has come to life." "[President Bush] asks Iraqis to not let these pictures reflect on their attitude towards the American people…and yet when the bodies were dragged through the streets of Fallujah, the American troops took it upon themselves to punish the whole city." "I sometimes get emails asking me to propose solutions or make suggestions. Fine. Today's lesson: don't rape, don't torture, don't kill and get out while you can--while it still looks like you have a choice... Chaos? Civil war? Bloodshed? We’ll take our chances--just take your puppets, your tanks, your smart weapons, your dumb politicians, your lies, your empty promises, your rapists, your sadistic torturers and go." FORMER PRISONER, ABDUL RAHMAN MUHAMMED: "LEAVE IRAQ . THIS IS OUR COMPENSATION."For the torture Muhammed endured at the hands of U.S. soldiers during four months of imprisonment last year, he asks just one thing: for the U.S. and allied forces to leave Iraq. ''This is our compensation,'' he said in a May 10 New York Times article. |
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