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Revealed: the Iraq the Pentagon wants to hide
A U.S. photographer who was removed from Iraq for publishing photos of dead marines says America is deceiving the world about the reality of war there.
For Zoriah Miller, a photojournalist embedded in the Iraq conflict zone, the war is over. The pictures of dead U.S. marines he has published over the years led to his removal from the country. He was forced out of Iraq in what he claims to be America's 'sanitisation' of the war there.
The photographer has recently returned from Iraq and he says the idea of progress being achieved there is deceiving.
It's kind of an illusion. The U.S. military has been on a campaign in which they are basically buying the trust and safety from their enemies, Miller says.
Zoriah has taken thousands of photographs in Iraq. Some of them have appeared in top publications. What stirred most controversy were two photos of dead U.S. Marines.
I could not be at this event, which is something that a lot of soldiers have to live through bombings and attacks - and not document it. It would be poor journalism. It would be a lie. And it will be a kind of giving in to this sanitisation of the war, he said.
More than 4,000 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq but, amazingly, there almost no images of them.
After posting the pictures on the web, Zoriah was banned from covering the Marines and eventually had to leave Iraq. Photographers embedded with the U.S. military can publish photos of dead soldiers only after notifying their families.
Zoriah says he followed the rules. Critics claim what he did desecrated the memory of those dead soldiers.
I completely disagree. I do not think that a photograph of someones death is desecrating their memory at all. I think if anything at all, it shows the sacrifice that they made, Miller says.
Back on American soil, Zoriah says he has received multiple death threats.
A U.S. photographer who was removed from Iraq for publishing photos of dead marines says America is deceiving the world about the reality of war there.
For Zoriah Miller, a photojournalist embedded in the Iraq conflict zone, the war is over. The pictures of dead U.S. marines he has published over the years led to his removal from the country. He was forced out of Iraq in what he claims to be America's 'sanitisation' of the war there.
The photographer has recently returned from Iraq and he says the idea of progress being achieved there is deceiving.
It's kind of an illusion. The U.S. military has been on a campaign in which they are basically buying the trust and safety from their enemies, Miller says.
Zoriah has taken thousands of photographs in Iraq. Some of them have appeared in top publications. What stirred most controversy were two photos of dead U.S. Marines.
I could not be at this event, which is something that a lot of soldiers have to live through bombings and attacks - and not document it. It would be poor journalism. It would be a lie. And it will be a kind of giving in to this sanitisation of the war, he said.
More than 4,000 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq but, amazingly, there almost no images of them.
After posting the pictures on the web, Zoriah was banned from covering the Marines and eventually had to leave Iraq. Photographers embedded with the U.S. military can publish photos of dead soldiers only after notifying their families.
Zoriah says he followed the rules. Critics claim what he did desecrated the memory of those dead soldiers.
I completely disagree. I do not think that a photograph of someones death is desecrating their memory at all. I think if anything at all, it shows the sacrifice that they made, Miller says.
Back on American soil, Zoriah says he has received multiple death threats.
