US War Photos

Following yesterday's post on US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan having posted on the Internet "several hundred" photographs of mutilated corpses from "the real war," in exchange for free online pornography, Stay Free! Daily quotes journalist Richard Ehrlich e-mail interview with the site owner:

"This is an uncensored view of the conflict going on in Iraq and Afghanistan," 27-year-old Christopher Wilson, owner of nowthatsfuckedup.com, said in an e-mail interview. "These pictures are taken directly from the cameras of the soldiers and uploaded to my site.

The website in question - nowthatsfuckedup.com - remains online, where nestled between "Amateur Wives and Girlfriends" and the "Foot Fetish Forum" are some of the most disturbing images of the war imaginable. All of them appear to have indeed come from soldiers' digital cameras, and come complete with bloodthirsty comments from the troops.

... An Army spokesman, Col. Joseph Curtin, said the military's Criminal Investigation Division recently began investigating the matter, according to A.P."

[via unmediated]

emily | 9:34 PM | The Military and Iraq. Images and Issues |
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