Tuesday, October 05, 2004

It's gettin' hot in here ... an Advocate.com exclusive

It's gettin' hot in here ... an Advocate.com exclusive: "Even for Americans who saw Moore’s Farenheit 9/11 in theaters—which became the highest grossing such film of all time, raking in $115 million so far—the DVD version is worth another look. Being released today, Moore’s powerful documentary is enhanced with added scenes, including national security advisor Condeleeza Rice’s sputtering testimony before the 9/11 Commission on why the president ignored a memo saying that Osama bin Laden was determined to attack inside the U.S. Another scene, outside the infamous Abu Gharid prison where U.S. soldiers violently attacked Iraqi prisoners, shows family members awaiting the release of relatives who’ve been detained by U.S. forces. “Is this freedom? Is this the freedom that they are talking about?” wonders one man who claims he had been held four months for posessing a cell phone. According to Moore, about 43,000 Iraqis have been arrested since the U.S. began occupying Iraq, but only about 600 have been referred to Iraqi authorities for prosecution.

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