Posted on 07/31/2006 4:28:04 PM PDT by Uncledave
Was Qana Staged? Cont'd [Jonah Goldberg]
I don't want to get too far out ahead on this, but I know we've got a zillion printer-type folks among our readers. Do you guys think such a banner could be made in 2-4 hours (particularly in a supposedly war-ravaged area)?
Update: From a reader:
"Do you guys think such a banner could be made in 2-4 hours (particularly in a supposedly war-ravaged area)?"
Heck no. A designer could throw it together in probably 15 minutes or so, but the longest part would be the printing. Notice how deep the reds and blacks are - this means they didn't just bust it out. I wouldnt be surprised if that job itself (requiring special equipment, as it looks to be printed on canvas or nylon, not merely paper) took 6 hours simply to print.
Also, that puppy would be expensive.
Update II: From a reader:
Nope. Not possible in 2 hours to design, typeset, print, assemble and transport to the site. 24 hours if you're really good to do all the above. I say that as an career commercial artist of 18 years now.
Update III: From another reader:
called a close friend who has a very large printing company in NY with the question. he called out to one of his technicians as to how long a color 30 foot banner would take to produce. the response was that it would have to be done by a special machine and that machine would take "5 to 6 hours." by the way, their rather enormous, state of the art (less than 6 months old) facility doesn't even have the equipment necessary to do it. so make a guess as to what's available in a war-ravaged area...
"The massacre of children in Qana 2, is the gift of Rice. The clever bombs..Stupid,"
Echoes of the Islamofascist poster showing the twin tower attack far in advance of the actuality...
More likely "Set us the bomb up"
the lack of blood and dirt/rubble on all the alleged "victims" tells me all I need to know that it is a conjured PR event.
CONCRETE RUBBLE DURING A BUILDING COLLAPSE TEARS BODIES UP BIGTIME!!!!
The building went down between 7-8 am. (why it went down 6 hours after being bombed is a good question)
Sundown there was at 7:40 pm and this picture was clearly done before sundown.
It would be nice to know at what time this banner was first seen.
The bldg fell down 8 HOURS after the bombing so WHY didn't they get the children OUT before it collapsed???? HMMMMM...
They couldn't untie the knots?
This was the first reporting that I saw on this whole banner thing.
Ok, I am convinced Cana was a set up. How does this news get to the media?
Someone posted the link above to the thread from the Haaretz story. There's a LOT that doesn't add up here.
What does the writing say? Is it specific to Qana? If not, I'd say it was probably prepped sometime after she announced her first visit to the region (maybe 10 days ago now?).
and that does not look like paper
According to the AFP picture hyperlinked, the banner says, "The massacre of children in Qana 2, is the gift of Rice. The clever bombs...Stupid."
go to your link....yes it refers to Qana. Disgusting
I love it!
IMO, it has the potential of another "Sore Loserman."
For all you entrepreneurs out there, there's a Sore Loserman Merchandise web site (hint, hint) -- and of course there's Rush's Gitmo merchandise.
How about something like a Hezbollywood "bomb" -- DVDs of really bad, worse-than-B movies, for example?
Is says Condi is responsible for Qana
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