"I'm checking in from West Africa, where I've been working with women in three neighboring
countries, all recently torn apart by civil wars: Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Côte d'Ivoire.
The Iraq debacle has monopolized attention and obscured these "lesser" wars -- now officially
"over" -- but millions of West African women are struggling to recover. For them, the war
isn't really over at all, not by a long shot. This is the war story that's never truly told."
"Digital cameras are the tool. I arrive with them and lend them to women, most of whom have
never seen a camera before. I teach them to point and shoot -- only that -- and then I turn
them loose to snap what they will. I ask them to bring me some photos of their problems and
their blessings. They work in teams, two or three women sharing a camera and very nervous at
first. (Some women actually shake.) It takes the whole team to snap the first photos: one
holds the camera, another points, another shoots."
How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War
By Pratap Chatterjee
From Halliburton's vital mission as the logistical backbone of the U.S. occupation in Iraq—without it there could be no war or occupation—to its role in covering up gang-rape among its personnel in Baghdad, Halliburton's Army is a devastating exposé of corporate malfeasance and political cronyism. In shocking detail it shows how Halliburton and its former subsidiary Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR) really do business in Iraq, and around the world.
Watch Pratap Chatterjee discuss Halliburton's Army on Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman.
