Two young men look intently at the computers that control their slideshow. They don’t see the images that are projecting onto four screens fitted to the wall beside them. This is quite deliberate. They are solely for the benefit of their small audience.
Besides, no operator could reasonably be asked to look at the same startled and tortured faces every day. Occasionally, one does turn and stare and is mesmerised for several minutes before catching himself and turning away to look at anything but the sight of anonymous corpses.
It’s mid-morning in Baghdad and the temperature outside is already climbing into the forties. Everyone here has spent up to two hours edging through the traffic snarls created by the endless network of military roadblocks and security bottlenecks. Once inside the cool hospital, they have shuffled down a long narrow hallway to double doors, above which hangs a small sign in Arabic: Missing Room. More...
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Besides, no operator could reasonably be asked to look at the same startled and tortured faces every day. Occasionally, one does turn and stare and is mesmerised for several minutes before catching himself and turning away to look at anything but the sight of anonymous corpses.
It’s mid-morning in Baghdad and the temperature outside is already climbing into the forties. Everyone here has spent up to two hours edging through the traffic snarls created by the endless network of military roadblocks and security bottlenecks. Once inside the cool hospital, they have shuffled down a long narrow hallway to double doors, above which hangs a small sign in Arabic: Missing Room. More...
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