Re. the thread on "why photos" here's one potential answer (and yes I'm sending this to both lists because both lists had a thread on the same topic and I don't really want to re-phrase this sentence so it can be different for each so sue me and sue me again for the disclaimer, you who know what I'm talking about and yes the question of "why did they tak pictures" seems to have interest to both Lit-Id and THEORIA so some immutable law seems to have been inconceivably broken): http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/052504A.shtml << Baer's answer showed how he - and American Military Intelligence - understood Arab culture. Not only could a photo blackmail someone into becoming an American agent, it carried a continuing threat of death, as Baer explained it. Given local attitudes toward sex, shame, and family honor, the prisoner knew that if the Americans ever showed the photo, he might expect his tribe to kill him. >> Julie Krueger ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html