"Deathlyillington"

About this episode

The episode discusses a YouTube video featuring a soldier's casual dehumanization of Iraqis during the Iraq War.

"Not until those pictures came out... yeah, then the biggest rule was 'no fucking cameras.'" In January 2007, a user named Deathlyillington posted a video to YouTube. Roughly three minutes long, the video didn't feature any visually graphic content. It was just three guys - two in front of the camera, one behind it - chatting about one's experiences over in Iraq. Specifically, during his time stationed at Abu Ghraib, the notorious prison outside of Baghdad that had become synonymous with human rights abuses during the war. In this video, the young man details the casual dehumanization of Iraqis that had become routine to him, including the CIA's involvement in teaching interrogation techniques and physical torture. He also expresses a blanket contempt for all Iraqis, guilty and innocent alike. Then the cameraman asks him what the most fun thing he did over there was... To view the video on YouTube, check it out at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0jpU6a-toU If you have any information about this video that you'd like to share, please reach through the following methods: Email: micheal@unresolved.me Voicemail or Text: +18312003550 Learn more about this podcast…

People in this episode

Host: Unresolved Productions

Topics covered

• human rights abuses
• Iraq War
• military experiences
• dehumanization
• interrogation techniques

Keywords

• Deathlyillington
• Iraq
• Abu Ghraib
• CIA
• YouTube
• human rights
• military
• interrogation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA, YouTube

Places: Iraq, Abu Ghraib

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