Abu Ghraib

Osama’s Controversial Aftermath

  It’s inevitable that the joy and national unity over the killing of that monster bin Laden would cool. Already we’re debating the journalistic and political ramifications. On Wednesday, President Obama told CBS he wouldn’t “spike the football” by releasing photos proving Osama is dead. I agree with the president, as much as that pains … Read more

Theology of the Body in Pain

Someone else asked me, “Do you believe in anything?” I said to him, “I believe in Allah.” So he said, “But I believe in torture and I will torture you.” — sworn statement of Amin Sa’id al-Sheikh  on his experiences in Abu Ghraib Elaine Scarry’s 1987 study The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking … Read more

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