September 25, 2005
Pictures from Afghanistan & Iraq: Gory
"If you are a U.S. Soldier stationed in Iraq, Afghanistan, or any other combat area and would like free SUPPORTER access for the site, (User Submitted Amateur Wife & Girlfriend Photos) you can post real pictures you or your buddies have taken while you have been deployed.
This section is for the gory ones so that people who do not wish to see that kind of stuff can just not go in here. I also do not want already published pictures that were taken by news people. This is supposed to be an area where we can see pictures posted by the solders themselves.
Just post your pics like you normally would and when I see them I will approve you for free access to the wife and g/f area. There have only been a few people cheat from this but I do now know what kind of pics to expect from the guys over there. So please do not waste my time if you are not a military person by just posting iraq pics you found on CNN or something.*
for example...
What every Iraqi should look like. @
http://www.nowthatsfuckedup.com/bbs/forum23.html
or index page and scroll down
*A blogger asks The Next Abu Ghraib? | Is that Legal?
~I wonder if there's cottage industries in Muslim nations producing postcards and trading cards of images of dead Americans?
An e-mail friend observes: "I find it interesting how so many smart liberal folks always say they don't want to see these things. To see the gore (and they often say they don't want to see the porn too - which this site conflates).
I think a lot of this stuff just remains abstract until you see it. People say to me they don't want that in their life, to see things like that. But then, you know, its part of their life anyway."
>related
'You Can't Wash Your Hands When They're Covered in Blood'
By Hart Viges | The Independent UK via TruthOut