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Posted on 08/01/2006 5:49:42 AM PDT by Alouette
UK, US weblogs question inconsistencies in photographs of Qana attack flooding international media
A number of web logs in the United States and Britain have claimed that a man who appeared in much of the international press's coverage of the Qana bombing lifting children's bodies may have been a Hizbullah agent who staged photo-ops for the international media.
Under the headline "milking it?" the EU Referendum blog, a British website dedicated to taking the UK out of the European Union, states: "Certainly, the photographs are distressing, and indeed they are meant to be."
The blog focuses in on a man dressed as a rescue worker who appears in many photographs in the international press: "Note the 'rescue worker' in the foreground, complete with olive green military-style helmet and fluorescent jacket, with what appears to be a flack jacket underneath."
It then shows a number of pictures, taken from different angles, by Reuters and the Associated Press, of the man holding the same child's body – but notes that there is a 4 hour time discrepancy between the time logs of the photographs.
The man in the green helmet holding a child's body (Photo: AP)
The website posts a series of photographs of the same man holding the child, each picture being separated by a significant time gap, before finally showing an AP photograph of the child's body in an ambulance taken at 7:21 in the morning – around nine hours before an AP photo was taken of the same child being held by the man in the green helmet.
A photograph is shown of "the same girl, this time apparently being placed in the ambulance. Also taken by AP… Intriguingly, though, the dateline given is 10.25 am, three hours after she has already been photographed in the ambulance."
While in previous photographs the man carrying the child's body is seen without a fluorescent jacket and helmet, the website then shows another AP photograph "of the same worker, showing obvious distress, carrying the same girl. But now he is wearing his fluorescent jacket and helmet and has acquired latex gloves."
Additional questions
An American weblog, Confederate Yankee, whose logo is that "liberalism is a vegetative state," says that "in a picture that hits the wires just one hour (9:06 AM) after the building collapse, a Lebanese Red cross member sits with bodies already displaying significant rigor mortis. About.com puts the timing of maximum stiffness at about 12-24 hours after death. These people were supposed to have died within one hour of these photos being taken."
"Whatever else, the event in Qana was a human tragedy," EU Referendum said. "But the photographs do not show it honestly. Rather, they have been staged for effect, exploiting the victims in an unwholesome manner. In so doing, they are no longer news photographs - they are propaganda," the blog concluded.
It also asks whether the workers' "presence at Qana on Sunday, and his central, unchallenged role, cannot have been a coincidence. Is he a senior ranking Hizbullah official? If not, who is he?"
Many other blogs have taken up the task of analyzing the photographs and news headlines from Qana, southern Lebanon, and the Middle East, including: http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com , Hotair.com, Ms. Underestimated, American columnist Michelle Malkin, and The Riehl World View.
The Riehl blog compares photographs of bodies of men to those of women and children in Qana and notes: "They certainly seem to be going to a lot of trouble to cover up what looks like a number of adult males, most likely Hizbullah fighters, while making sure that images of any children or women killed in Qana are fully exposed."
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Thank goodness other people are onto this story. And we can spread the word far and wide by letting our e-mail friends know.
Of course it was staged. Look at the liberal MSM lap it up. It's all gotta be Bush's fault.
And there's this as well:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1675627/posts
We may start to see the MSM stop talking about this incident..while NOT acknowledging the obvious discrepancies in the story.
I wondered about the photos that showed several shots of the same child, complete with pacifier pinned to his/her shirt and hanging by a long ribbon. Just too touching not to raise my suspicions. I hate to be skeptical about the death of any child, but I distrust these killers even more than I love the children who are harmed.
From the pictures I saw of the deceased children they must have all suffered internal trauma because I didn't see much that showed me external trauma.
The Left, the MSM, these Islamonazis and the rest of their ilk can continue to do the Devil's work but sooner or later (preferrably sooner) they will receive justice from the Almighty for their evil deeds. We should help to expedite this process by punching their tickets. GO IDF/IAF!!!
Rather than fact checking, the media dutifully went along with this scam.
Everything those Hezbos do is a scam.
No doubt in my mind that the ragheads staged this sorry affair. Lies are a way of life in Muslim countries. I am only sorry that carpet bombing is not the norm there.
Well well. Excellent work by those 'connecting the dots'.
Can the 'world public opinion' handle the truth?
Of course its all staged. They've done it before many times. The mouthpieces of the MSM dare not mumble a word about the manipulation of their reportage. Jobs are at stake! Would that someone such as Geraldo or Blitzer might suggest a reevaluation of the event at Quana but no one in the leftist media has a pair big enough to do so. Suck it up IDF and keep on killing the bastards.
M Ma;lkin tried to mention it on O'Reilly last night but he interrupted and cut her off.
This story is so two days ago.
You know why this story is false? Because it didn't happen the way Hizbollah and the MSM described it. Rather then get caught in a lie, they move on to something else.
The Israelis know this.
Ten to one Hez-bull-s#$% staged it to try and have Israel stop whipping their sorry @sses!
Blogged and duly noted!
Qana Coverup? Photos Faked? Photographers, Terrorists Become Partners in Propaganda
http://thequestionfairy.blogspot.com/2006/08/qana-coverup-photos-faked_01.html
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