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Originally posted by silent_jay
did anyone see the trophy photo that was taken of saddam shortly after his capture? i only caught a quick blirb on Global but it showed saddam and an unidentified american soldier. Is this proper under the Geneva Convention or is it the same as the videotape? i say the US is using the Geneva Convention when it suits them and all photo's or videotape should never be shown.
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It depends on if the photo was an action by the government or an action by an idividual soldier who took it upon himself. I haven't seen the photo in question which leads me to believe it was not very wiedly publisized. Just because a pows picture shows up on the news does not mean the government violated the geneva convention.... remember there are private orginzations and individuals also. If the media video taped a PoW the US would be hard pressed to stop them from publishing it since the US has a free press. The US would not be violating the convention in an instance like this. The same goes for this picture which sounds like a soldier took it upon himself to do and probably sent it home to his family who put it out for others to see. The government had nothing to do with it but I can be you the soldier is probably getting in trouble for it.