[Helms]

[new cruelty]

It is a touching picture... the one with the father and son is also interesting.

[mountaineer]

He's probably hiding WMDs in that hat.

[Ken522]

Forget the Coneheads for a second - what's the Palestinian got on his head, or wrapped around his head?

[Aggie Mama]

My favorite is Cigar Man resting in one of Saddam's palaces.

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[dangus]

*chuckle* He is from France.

[Aggie Mama]

I wonder what the picture was in 2001? Somehow I don't think it revolved around 9/11.

[Paradox]

That is a sad picture. I feel sorry for that boy, and for the man, as a father. However, I dont know what he is being held for, so I dont neccessarily feel sorry for the guy in general.

[prion]

Awww...isn't it nice of the Americans to let prisoners of war have access to their children to comfort them? Wait...that's not what I was supposed to take away from this picture?

[dangus]

Actually, what's amazing about it is that it is a strikingly bad photo. I'm sure the fascist World Press Corp loves it because it elicits sympathy for terrorists, but you can't see the father's face at all, and the child's face is alrgely darkened, and not terribly emotive either. You have no idea what the hood is about, nor can you tell much about the context.

[Right_Handed_Writer]

The only thing a frenchman can shoot is a camera!

[Alberta's Child]

Someone posted a story the other day about that 15 year-old Afghan kid who was just released from Guantanamo Bay after being held there as an "enemy combatant" for the last year and a half. He was hardly recognizable to his family back in Afghanistan, since he's about six inches taller than when he arrived at Gitmo, has a physique that looks like an NFL linebacker compared to a typical Afghan, and now speaks pretty good English. LOL.

[Tamzee]

What's "interesting" is that the fact this man's head is covered injects a great amount of the emotional content. The men have to have their heads covered when there are photographers there according to the Geneva Convention. It's the PHOTOGRAPHER who is causing that man's head to be covered... if the press left the scene it would no longer be necessary. The press are PART of the scene there...

[Tricorn]

Looks like he's holding the kid hostage. Let me go or the kid gets it!

[Lancey Howard]

"Now, poot your hand on zee child's head. That's eet.... No, up a leetle.... a leetle more.... that's eet. Bow your head a leetle.... Goooood.... Sacre bleu! - - Make zee child stop giggling! That's eet..... Purrrrr-fect!" (click)

[P.O.E.]

Bring that man a shrubbery.

[TheRightResponse]

"Bouju will receive his award and a cash prize of EUR 10,000"

What is that, about $2.45?

[GunnyHartman]

What a touching picture....



FOR ME TO POOP ON!

[Dead Dog]

I guess this just isn't of import.

[bikerman]

Iraqi KKK?