# Al-Jazeera POW tape ?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jazeera-pow-tape/164574>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 27, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jazeera-pow-tape/164574 "2003-03-27T18:41:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jazeera-pow-tape/164574/1 "2003-03-27T18:41:01Z")

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What did the Al-Jazeera POW tape show? I know this is a sensitive subject and I do not wish to provoke anyone. I did not see any of the images of our captured troops, only hearing about the outrage they have caused. Can some one tell me what they showed, or a link to a description? Again, I do not wish to be morbid, this is truly in the interest of being informed.

Thanx,

Janx

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**Author:** ![Rockford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@Rockford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rockford)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jazeera-pow-tape/164574/2 "2003-03-27T21:43:50Z")

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Just ask raisinbread.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=172086](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=172086)

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**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jazeera-pow-tape/164574/3 "2003-03-27T23:28:08Z")

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It showed 3 or 4 soldiers being interviewed – some say interrogated. One of them looked like he had an injury to his arm. He was holding it limp against his body. Then it showed a few dead soldiers on the floor, and at least one of them looked like he had been shot in the head.

Mods, I read both of raisinbread’s locked threads and I am assuming the idea is we can’t show links to pics/video. If even discussing it is taboo, feel free to delete this.

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**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jazeera-pow-tape/164574/4 "2003-03-27T23:45:23Z")

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Just do a search on kazaa

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**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jazeera-pow-tape/164574/5 "2003-03-28T12:47:28Z")

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\*\* mouthbreather \*\* wrote:

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> It showed 3 or 4 soldiers being interviewed – some say interrogated. One of them looked like he had an injury to his arm. He was holding it limp against his body. Then it showed a few dead soldiers on the floor, and at least one of them looked like he had been shot in the head.

Oh. Ok. Now I can understand why all the outrage.  
I don’t think I’ll be looking for the images now. Thanks for your input.