[NetBehaviour] Army Investigates Photos of Iraqi War Dead on Web

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*Army Investigates Photos of Iraqi War Dead on Web*

The New York Times
By THOM SHANKER

The Army has opened an investigation into whether American troops have 
sent gruesome photographs of Iraqi war dead to an Internet site where 
the soldiers were given free access to online pornography, Army 
officials said Tuesday. Some photographs on the Internet site show 
people in American military uniforms standing around what appear to be 
dead bodies. Other photos include graphic images of severed body parts 
and what appear to be internal organs spilling from bodies onto the ground.

The images are said to come from Afghanistan as well as Iraq. Their 
authenticity has not been determined.
Paul Boyce, an Army spokesman, said that if soldiers had posted the 
images, their actions could violate the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice, which defines conduct unbecoming an officer or enlisted soldier.

Another Pentagon official who reviewed the Web site said it raised 
questions, as well, of whether the acts could be viewed as a violation 
of the Geneva Conventions, which set standards for treatment of remains 
of those killed in a combat zone.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington-based civil 
rights and advocacy group, called for an investigation after details of 
the photographs were described in news media and online reports.

more...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/28/international/middleeast/28site.html?th&emc=th

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