Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Hooded Man

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Original – A prisoner (Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh) at Abu Ghraib stands on a thin box, his head hooded and his fingers extended out and connected to wires.
 
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Reason
While it does not fulfill the first criterion, it is undeniably a historical photo. This specific image is probably the most published version, and even appeared on the cover of The Economist. An alternate photo does exist, however this is the less widely distributed version and appears on no English wikipedia articles.
Articles in which this image appears
Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse, Abu Ghraib prison, Charles Graner, Seymour Hersh, Torture, Hooding, Criticism of the war on terror, Outline of the Iraq War, United States war crimes, List of photographs considered the most important
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator
Ivan Frederick
Waaay too tightly cropped. If it's cropped at all, it should be the same way as the original Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 16:26, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:18, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]