don’t miss these documentaries

torturing democracy is available at http://torturingdemocracy.org/

taxi to the dark side - the latest prize-winning documentary from Oscar-nominee Alex Gibney, confirms his standing as one of the foremost non-fiction filmmakers working today. A stunning inquiry into the suspicious death of an Afghani taxi driver at Bagram air base in 2002, the film is a fastidiously assembled, uncommonly well-researched examination of how an innocent civilian was apprehended, imprisoned, tortured, and ultimately murdered by the greatest democracy on earth. Intermingling documents and records of the incident with candid testimony from eyewitnesses and participants, the film uncovers an inescapable link between the tragic incidents that unfolded in Bagram and the policies made at the very highest level of the United States government in Washington, D.C. Combining the cool detachment of a forensic expert with the heated indignation of a proud American who holds his country to a high standard, Gibney’s film reveals how the Bush administration has systematically betrayed the very ideals it professes to uphold.

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Tagged as: movies,politics,videos,bush,iraq,afghanistan,torture December 16, 2008 @ 08:33 am

priorities, people, priorities.

from cnn, Iraqi TV: Bush apologizes for soldier’s Quran desecration:

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)—President Bush has apologized to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki over the shooting of a Quran by an American soldier, Iraqi state TV reported on Tuesday.

An American staff sergeant—a sniper section leader—had used a Quran for target practice.

The U.S. commander in Baghdad issued a formal apology Saturday and read a letter of apology by the shooter.

you think any of them are aware that PEOPLE are being shot in iraq?  i mean.  just saying.

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Tagged as: war,news,bush,iraq May 20, 2008 @ 06:08 am