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December 17, 2009
In The Camera as a Weapon: On Abu Ghraib and Related Matters in The Journal for Cultural Research (April 2008) Carsten Laustsen refers to some of the iconic photographs of Abu Ghraib.
One of them is where Lynndie England, a US soldier, holds a Iraqi prisoner on a lead:
This reference to American imperialism can easily be established: the USA treats Iraq like a dog on a lead.
The aim of torture is not primarily to cause pain but to break the will of the victim. Usually this is done by depriving the victim of control over the situation.
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