09.26.06
Free Bilal Hussein
In Iraq, a Journalist in Limbo
The title of this post somewhat belies my view.
Perhaps there really is evidence that Associated Press photojournalist Bilal Hussein is an Iraqi insurgent; if so, the U.S. Army should charge him, or at least share some scrap of said evidence with some sort of judicial authority.
Every day that goes by with Bilal Hussein in an Army prison is yet another brick in the castle of suspicion that his detention is not about protecting the public, but about protecting the Army’s image.