Archivado en: internacional | escrito por goleech | 05/02/2005 | 11:04

El gobierno de los Estados Unidos, forzado por la ley de acceso a la información, da a conocer 360 fotografías relacionadas con las muertes de soldados muertos en Iraq y Afghanistán.

The National Security Archive presionó para que se dieran a conocer las imágenes a los estadounidenses:

One year after the start of a series of Freedom of Information Act requests filed by University of Delaware Professor Ralph Begleiter with the assistance of the National Security Archive, and six months after a lawsuit charging the Pentagon with failing to comply with the Act, the Pentagon made public more than 700 images of the return of American casualties to Dover Air Force Base and other U.S. military facilities, where the fallen troops received honor guard ceremonies. The Pentagon officially refers to the photos as "images of the memorial and arrival ceremonies for deceased military personnel arriving from overseas." Many of the images show evidence of censorship, which the Pentagon says is intended to conceal identifiable personal information of military personnel involved in the homecoming ceremonies.

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