Standard Operating Procedure
Sandra Hall; 3/7/08
Film; Genre; Documentary; Run Time 116 minutes; Rated MA 15+; Country: Australia; Director: Errol Morris; Rating: stars-4
It was the photograph of the hooded figure standing on a box with electrical wires dangling from his wrists that first alerted the world to the cruelties of Abu Ghraib. So bizarre was this image that it was at first difficult to comprehend. Was it a still from a horror movie or something out of a museum of medieval barbarities? The answer was swift in coming as more photographs flashed on to our television screens. Suddenly we were being ushered into the world of modern counter-terrorism - a place where the moral compass swings in disorienting directions. You will get the idea if I tell you that the treatment meted out to the man on the box was eventually judged to be “standard operating procedure”.
See: http://www.smh.com.au/news/film-reviews/standard-operating-procedure/2008/07/03/1214950902736.html
Tags: Terrorism; Iraq, USA