Author’s note: The occupation of Iraq continued to generate grim news, with allegations of torture backed up by both real photos and faked ones (thanks to that cunt Piers Morgan).
The US Government issued a furious denial today that the recently released photos of Iraqi prisoners showed torture and oppression claiming that they were “happy holiday snaps” that had been “completely misrepresented”.
The photos fell into the hands of reporters on CBS’s ’60 Minutes’ news programme owing to a delivery error at “Happy Snaps” photo processors. The pictures were taken by Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defense, during a visit to Iraq designed to promote it as a “haven of peace” and an “excellent holiday destination, offering something for everyone – sun, sea and shi’ites.”
The trip to Iraq was also designed as a morale booster for troops and it was whilst engaging on what Mr. Rumsfeld referred to as “a little good natured horseplay” with the troops and some “friendly locals” that he took the snaps. Most of the photos were taken during a game of “Guantanamo rules charades”…
Iraq is thought to appeal to those in search of adventure holidays. Top holiday pundit, Derek Gadd, explained that traditional adventure holidays offered “mundane thrills” such as abseiling, white water rafting or sky-diving. “Yawn yawn,” claimed Mr Gadd, “You haven’t experienced the real thrill of adventure until your Holiday Autos Nissan Micra has been reduced to a smouldering pile of metal by 15 ex-Soviet armour piercing shells or you’ve spent 15 weeks eating cockroaches in some Mujahadeen’s mouldy basement.”
“We are about to offer a new Club 18-30 tour,” continued Mr Gadd. “After all the average life expectancy of most visitors is between 18 and 30.”
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