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"Gaddafi Death Picture" an Obvious Fake
Pundit Press ^ | 8/22/11 | Aurelius

Posted on 08/21/2011 11:19:10 PM PDT by therightliveswithus

Like "pictures" of Osama bin Laden's dead body, photoshoppers have been busy making fake images of a dead Muammar Gaddafi. The most prevalent one is this one, supposedly showing him in a pool of blood:

But this picture is an obvious fake to anyone who has paid careful attention to the news in the last few months. Look at "Gaddafi's" left shoulder. Anyone who remembers pictures that came out after bin Laden died of dead men in his compound remember the "water gun" photo, which appeared to show a water gun behind a dead, bloody man lying on the floor.

The gun was bright green, the blood was dark red, and the man wore a white shirt and had dark black hair. He had one hand across his chest Knowing this, I looked up the picture and this is what I found (warning, graphic):

Look familiar? The photoshopper simply flipped the image and put Gaddafi's face on it. So that people wouldn't recognize the water gun off the bat, he or she simply moved it slightly so that the orange on the gun wasn't visible.


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: gaddafi; libya; picture

1 posted on 08/21/2011 11:19:17 PM PDT by therightliveswithus
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To: therightliveswithus

Muamar is not home. Maybe try Caracas.


2 posted on 08/21/2011 11:21:00 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: therightliveswithus

Thanks for the insight.


3 posted on 08/21/2011 11:22:18 PM PDT by casinva (If Rick Santorum kisses Romney while charging after Perry, I want my nice words about him back.)
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4 posted on 08/21/2011 11:26:39 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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Good work! I watch the news closely and I even remember that photo from the Osama raid but if that picture of Qadaffi was released I'd have believed it.

At some point I may have realized it but it could have been months or even years. :)

5 posted on 08/22/2011 12:22:08 AM PDT by tsowellfan
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bin Laden died of dead men

That's not on the death certificate! That's not even a legitimate cause of death.

"Died to death" is, but not "Died of dead men".

6 posted on 08/22/2011 2:36:12 AM PDT by Lazamataz (SmithL stole my tagline and won't give it back.)
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