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TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE

Posted: September 29th, 2008, 11:15 am
by jimboloco
TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE Wins Peabody Award

TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE on HBO tonite mon 9/29
Taxi to the Dark Side, a horrifying documentary about an Afghani cabbie who died in U.S. military custody, added a Peabody to its list of awards, which already included an Oscar. Taxi raised disturbing questions about interrogation techniques and U.S. wartime policies.
th filmmaker is th son of a ww2 soldier who was aghast at the abuses of prisoners under the cheney-rumsfeld thumb

ImageUS Naval Base Guantanamo Bay. Production still from "Taxi to the Dark Side" (2006)
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Posted: September 30th, 2008, 8:26 pm
by Arcadia
not tv cable, maybe I find it in the dvd rent store or some friend download it from the internet. Thanks!!!

Posted: October 1st, 2008, 10:40 am
by jimboloco
wow it didn't record, altho i had it all set up
i think th film got pulled
what i think
will have t check it out
anyhow he also made a film that will be coming out soon
life an times of hunter s thompson
now that's an adreniline life :!:
Image Gonzo 8)

speaking of detainees
the fourrth military prosecuter at abu ghirab or something
th prison at guantanamo bay
where the pow's from the afghan war are being detained
this Lt colonel, the prosecuting attorney there, took mercy on a young man, who was less than 18 at the time of his capture,
forced into military service for the taliban,
and drugged
so they say
he wants th kid to go into a rehab program
but th brass say no
so the Lt col resigns#4 in a row
under th boot pf dick cheney
darth dickhead :mrgreen:
they will close that prison next year