Another one a little younger. Looks similar. Different name. Look how happy he seems
Another one a little younger. Looks similar. Different name. Look how happy he seems
Ah, I'll give 'em a little benefit of a doubt and figure that it could be a grimace of pain by the kid that was caught by the still camera, and just looks like he's likin' it. Still...ya just gotta wonder about the AP.
The kid has what looks like abdominal adipose tissue protruding from his wound. I wouldn't expect such a young child to have a lot of adipose fat. If this is actual abdominal tissue exposed, shouldn't there be a LOT more bleeding associated with it? For exposed abdominal tissue that is protruding out of an abdominal wound? Does there seem to be a similar lack of blood on the bandages/cotton being used?
Again, ol' Kadim seems to have a real in with somebody to be able to get all these pictures, even in a hospital treatment room where they are treating a small child for a protruding abdominal wound, which would really require at least some attempt at a clean, sterile field and area. Which makes me note that none of the hands that are shown, even those holding the bandages/cotton are gloved up. Look at the GHG pix in yours and Laz's posts. Even in the GHG Lebanon photos, some of the rescue guys at the scene had latex gloves on, even the GHG in some photos.
Does anyone know if the hospital ER's in Baghdad are so impoverished, or the medical practitioners so ignorant of sterile procedure, that they don't at least require latex exam gloves to treat an abdominal wound with protruding tissue?
Then again, if I was a terrorist enabler working for the AP, trying to make the US and the US military look as bad as possible, I wouldn't hesitate to grab some young kid, put an ounce or two of hamburger on his stomach to look like a serious wound, then take all the pix I could. Then caption them to blame the US military for killing/wounding innocent children.
But a real, legit, reputable organization like the AP wouldn't stand for anything like that, would they? [/sarc]
That is not a smiling child. He is grimacing in pain and fear. Note the knotted forehead, the lower teeth exposed not the upper, the teeth clenched, the lips are stretched out but not upward, the cheeks are not raised to narrow the eyes as in a genuine smile.