Sunday, May 23, 2004

Solution to the Prison Problem

Finally, we're addressing the problem at its core...
Rumsfeld bans camera phones in Iraq: report
LONDON (AFP) - Cellphones fitted with digital cameras have been banned in US army installations in Iraq on orders from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, a business newspaper reported.

Quoting a Pentagon source, The Business newspaper said the US Defense Department believes that some of the damning photos of US soldiers abusing Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad were taken with camera phones.

"Digital cameras, camcorders and cellphones with cameras have been prohibited in military compounds in Iraq," it said, adding that a "total ban throughout the US military" is in the works.

Now we're getting somewhere! At last we can round up those rogue cameras and all our problems will be solved.