Shocking photographs shame
US occupation forces in Iraq
by
Ernesto Cienfuegos
La Voz de Aztlan
Los Angeles, Alta California - November 10, 2003 - (ACN) La Voz de Aztlan has received a series of photographs showing "Black" US occupation soldiers in Iraq humiliating, harassing and handcuffing an entire Iraqi family in their home. The photographs which also show the handcuffing of Iraqi children have not been published in the US. The series of shameful photographs, which have provoked international outrage, are published below.
It is not known whether the Afro-American soldiers were acting on their own or just following the orders from their White superiors. It is ironic that Black soldiers in Iraq are acting in this manner when they as a race are still suffering racism here in the USA. The most recent incident of blatant racism against Blacks occurred last Wednesday when a Goose Creek, South Carolina White police assault squad of 15 terrorized all Black, Stratford High School. Videos released today by the mainstream media shows 15 White cops with guns drawn terrorizing cowering Black teenagers in a hallway. In one instance, a White racist cop is shown jumping a Black student, dragging him and then handcuffing him for no apparent reason. The White Goose Creek Police Chief said they raided the school to look for "marijuana" but they found none. Goose Creek is in the heart of the "Old Plantation South" and was founded by Whites based upon slave labor owned by the landed gentry.
The USA occupation in Iraq is now rapidly sinking in a quagmire. The occupation, as in Vietnam, is now becoming more brutal as US troops are reacting to increasing and more sophisticated operations by Iraqi guerilla freedom fighters. As in Vietnam, the Pentagon is talking about winning the "hearts and minds" of the Iraqi people that will lead to the successful installation of a US "puppet regime". This will allow Bush and his cronies to freely extract Iraq's oil riches. The nature of "Guerilla Warfare", however, has thrown a monkey wrench into the Pentagon's plan.
In Vietnam a crucial incident that eventually led to the defeat of the USA was the My Lai Massacre. The My Lai Massacre occurred on March 16, 1968 when Company "C" of the US Army - 11th Brigade entered the village of My Lai and massacred entire Vietnamese families that included women, children and elderly people. The heinous massacre included the "bayonetting and disemboweling" of Vietnamese babies and the burning of their homes that consisted of humble "huts" made of bamboo and straw roofs.
The war against Vietnam was eventually seen for what it was. It was a racist war against what the White generals and the White Pentagon called "the gooks". In Iraq, there are added dimensions. Primarily, it is to take Iraq's oil and secondarily, it is being waged on behalf of Zionist Israel. There is, however, a racist dimension in the Iraq War as well. New military recruits are being trained in "boot camps" to hate the Arabs, Muslims and Islam in general. The NCO's in charge of preparing the "grunts" to fight in Iraq are constantly yelling epithets to dehumanize Arabs and to program the "grunts" to hate Iraqis and other Islamic peoples. Instead of using the derogatory phrase "kill the gooks", they are today using "kill the ragheads" or "kill the camel jockeys". In addition, the "grunts" are being told false stories that US Army Private Jessica Lynch was brutally "sodomized" by the Iraqi "animals", that she was a "virgin" and that they must avenge her honor. Iraqi doctors that saved Private Lynch's life said that it is absolutely not true what the Pentagon is saying about Jessica Lynch and her experiences in Iraq. Now that we know the lies that were utilized to justify the military assault on Iraq . . . who are we to believe?
The following two photographs are published here to demonstrate
USA anti-Black racism:
A lynching of Blacks in Dixie
Related La Voz de Aztlan article:
IRAQ: "Guerilla Warfare" is taking a heavy toll on US occupation forces
