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Green Helmet Guy: Abdel Qader ( photo ops in Qana, Lebanon )
Little Gren Footballs ^ | August 02, 2006

Posted on 08/02/2006 12:53:12 PM PDT by george76

Green Helmet Guy, the “rescue worker” who posed for photo ops with children’s bodies in Qana, is interviewed by Al Jazeera in Arabic, in a video clip at YouTube:

UPDATE at 8/2/06 8:48:14 am:

Watch in the background at around the 1:20 mark, as rescue workers carrying a stretcher pause and set it on the ground, to allow photographers to get in position and take pictures.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: attiladhun2
"Although it would be kind of sick, a Sat. Nite Live parody of the Hizbo staging of this Qana incident would almost make good schtick."

I agree. Although the season premiere of SNL isn't until Oct. 7 (no new episodes 'til then).
21 posted on 08/02/2006 1:08:11 PM PDT by jdm
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To: sportutegrl

"He sounds like the Monty Python players in drag."

Yep, everything about this smacks of an orchestrated production - the green helmeted guy they cast has a hysterical high pitched voice (ala Python dudes in drag,) the medics pause and ready for the photographers as they carry in their 'prop.'

The sick bastards put a flashing neon target over those childrens' heads by firing and leaving the launcher.


22 posted on 08/02/2006 1:08:21 PM PDT by Sax (You Done Tore Out My Heart And Stomped That Sucker Flat)
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To: justiceseeker93; fanfan; M. Espinola

Thanks to a friendly Arabic speaker, I got this brief summary of what he said and a bit of the translator's commentary.

His name is Abdel Qader.

He claims that they couldn't reach the building before 8 am because of the conditions of the road and the danger of being hit by the Israeli airforce.

His voice is girly and his clothes look impeccably clean!

http://allisonkaplansommer.blogmosis.com/history/032691.html


23 posted on 08/02/2006 1:10:41 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
Green Helmet Guy is Greg Packer.
24 posted on 08/02/2006 1:11:46 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: george76

It also looks like one of the stretcher guys (in their cute, and clean, orange outfits) gave Green Helmet a signal (both hands to head) before they picked up the stretcher again.


25 posted on 08/02/2006 1:15:12 PM PDT by browardchad
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To: martin_fierro

Qanagate is the new Rathergate.


26 posted on 08/02/2006 1:15:38 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: browardchad; Alouette; freema

Fake but Accurate.


27 posted on 08/02/2006 1:17:13 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

I just watched the YouTube link - INCREDIBLE!


28 posted on 08/02/2006 1:17:29 PM PDT by Rutles4Ever
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To: Sax
This staging of a 'news event' isn't new in that region. The Palis did it too. I think it was a French news team that documented an entire 'scene' which was aired on TV (History channel I think). Clearly the Palis put lots of effort into making their 'production' realistic. The only prob was the Israelis were watching the whole thing from their OP about 100yrds away. The Palis were firing into a mostly vacant field (away from the Israelis) but set the media up in a position to make it appear to be a pitched battle. The interesting part of all this was the media was in on the fact it was a setup. They knew what they were doing wasn't a news event and totally staged! Yes, it was irritating that the Palis were playing dirty but totally outrageous that the media knew and didn't care.
29 posted on 08/02/2006 1:17:59 PM PDT by 556x45
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To: george76

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30 posted on 08/02/2006 1:19:40 PM PDT by NonLinear (He's dead, Jim)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
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31 posted on 08/02/2006 1:20:08 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn't do!)
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To: Rutles4Ever; Flavius; Nachum

Al Jazeera is trying to compete with the NY Times, CNN, CBSABCNBC, MSNBC,...


32 posted on 08/02/2006 1:21:31 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: martin_fierro
TV capture from Al Jazeera of poster displayed at a demonstation.


Green Helmet Guy as poster boy emoting in quite a different way.


Notice how the arm, head and shoulders are being held up to display the "Trophy".
33 posted on 08/02/2006 1:25:52 PM PDT by Cardhu
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To: No Blue States

There are tons of pics of Green Helmet Guy. Let me look.

Here:

Milking it?
http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2006/07/milking-it.html


34 posted on 08/02/2006 1:28:21 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: george76

Bump for later.


35 posted on 08/02/2006 1:34:32 PM PDT by Lx (Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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To: FreedomPoster

Thanks.


36 posted on 08/02/2006 1:37:02 PM PDT by No Blue States
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To: browardchad

For a "rescue worker," he seems very uninterested in rescuing.

His clothes are clean and he seems to spend all of his "rescue time" giving interviews to the media.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/188968.php


37 posted on 08/02/2006 1:39:25 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: No Blue States

38 posted on 08/02/2006 1:43:37 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: dead

LMBO! Good one.


40 posted on 08/02/2006 1:46:02 PM PDT by No Blue States
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