Moore film shows 'US Iraqi abuse'

From The BBC

Oscar-winning director Michael Moore has screened at Cannes what he claims is the first film footage of US soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners.

It appears in his new documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11 which also explores alleged connections between the Bush and Bin Laden families.

The abuse "occurred in the field - outside the prison walls", Moore told the film festival.

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"You saw this morning the first footage of abuse and humiliation of these Iraqi detainees," he told reporters on Monday.

And just what is this horrible abuse Moore refers to? You have to wait till the 12th paragraph to find out. Here is the most despicable abuse reported to date!

Soldiers in Moore's film were shown outdoors ridiculing a man covered in a blanket on the ground, calling him "Ali Baba".

"It was an older man who was actually drunk, and it was early in the morning, and he was lying on the ground on a stretcher with a blanket over him," Moore said.

Yep, that's it folks - ridicule the worst form of abuse. I mean they should get ten years for that at least.

Now I wonder who gave him the stretcher and blanket - Saddam perhaps?

He said it was "disgraceful" that it took him, using stringers and freelance camera crews in Iraq, to bring such footage to the public.

"The American people do not like things being kept from them, and I think what this film is going to do is to peel back the layers so the people can see what is really going on," he said.

"They are going to be shocked and they are going to be in awe - and they are going to respond accordingly, he said - alluding to his aim of convincing voters not to re-elect Mr Bush in November's presidential election.


I agree totally! US troops giving a stretcher and a blanket to an old man is beyond the pale! Bush should be impeached for allowing US soldiers to provide comfort to the enemy. High treason, I say!

Moore has said the White House has tried to stop the film being made and released because they are afraid of the effect it could have on November's election.


He told BBC News Online someone "connected to the White House" and a "top Republican" had put pressure on film companies not to fund Fahrenheit 9/11.

'Not shocked'

When asked what evidence he had, he said: "I only know what I was told by my agent. That's all I know.

"I don't know who made the calls. I don't know what was said."


Moore is a pathetic man with an ax to grind who doesn't seem to know much about anything.

"There is no debate, no analysis of facts or search for historical context. Moore simply wants to blame one man and his family for the mess we are now in," it said.