The United states Army (private mercenaries) takes Bilal Hussein, an Associated Press photographer, prisoner, in Ramadi, Iraq.  Hussein had just recently won a Pulitzer Prize for his work covering the Iraqi-American War, coverage which might have been seen as embarrassing to the U.s. Armed Forces.

       Postscript: Nineteen months later Hussein was still being held without having been charged with having committed any crime.  Neither had he been allowed to meet with his attorney.

       Question: Is this how the U.s. government establishes the rule of law in pro-Iranian Iraq?

       [restored 2/11/2024]