[hadit2here]

Here's another one from the same series, but now Kadim is at the hospital. This guy really gets around!

Notice how the child has absolutely no visible wounds or damage from being pulled from the rubble "in one of four homes allegedly destroyed by U.S. missiles.". No blood to be seen except a little bruising around the jaw line, yet still the deathly pallor, and fully clothed. Are the Iraqi medical facilities so behind the time that they don't even cut off (or remove) the clothes of a trauma victim in the hospital to ascertain the possibility or location of wounds? I know that as a paramedic, I did a LOT of cutting of clothes from trauma victims at the scene, just to make sure exactly what the injuries were and so that nothing was hidden from me. And they don't do this in the hospital there???

According to this other picture from the same series, they do seem to cut off the clothes of an injured victim:

So I guess what I'm sayin' is that the AP photos by Karim Kadim just don't pass the smell test. There are so many things that just don't add up and that all point to them being "staged" for the publicity. I wouldn't doubt at all that the child's body was brought to the scene, and the "rescue" was staged for Kadim, so the AP could provide the world with more anti-US fodder.

But then again, I'm just a former pro photographer, former Paramedic who wouldn't have any idea of how the real world, or at least the AP's world, is. Color me skeptical.

Oh, and by the way, I didn't add the "alleged" in any of my quotes from the AP captions. Those were the AP's words. Maybe they learned something from the GHG staged photos and captions and now are covering their butts with "allegedly's".

[Soliton]

Another one a little younger. Looks similar. Different name. Look how happy he seems

[Tired of Taxes]

I hope you’re right that the scene is staged. Many prayers for this poor child. If he died from disease, his death is just as tragic.

As to the photo, allow me to play devil’s advocate for a moment because you’re going to hear these questions from the other side:

Why is it so hard to believe the photographer, Kadim, went to the hospital, too?

Maybe the child’s wounds just aren’t visible in that photo. And maybe he was declared dead right away before they cut away his clothing and checked for injury.

I can appreciate your experience as a paramedic, but maybe medical clinics in Iraq don’t hold to the same standards that you do here in the U.S.

I hope to find out I’m wrong and that these photos were faked. I would like to believe that this didn’t happen the way the photos suggest. I don’t see a way to prove it, though.