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Yahoo News Photo [Another fake photo? Follow-up to thread pulled minutes ago]
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| 8/8/6
| Mohammed Ballas
Posted on 08/09/2006 7:52:44 AM PDT by ZGuy
A Palestinian militant fires toward Israeli troops during an arrest raid in the West Bank village of Qabatiyeh near Jenin, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. Four Palestinians were wounded when the army arrested an Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades militant, Palestinians sources said. The army said two Islamic Jihad militants were arrested during the operation. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
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To: CholeraJoe
There is a 30 round AR mag in the rifle, the arm obscures most of it, but you can clearly see the baseplate and the homemade mag pull loop (looks like electrical tape).
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posted on
08/09/2006 8:34:35 AM PDT
by
xander
To: JamesP81
Okay, I can't see where there's a magazine where it should be. Still, why would a smoke puff and spent casing be photoshopped in, but no mag? Are there shorter magazines?
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posted on
08/09/2006 8:35:04 AM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(What is our exit strategy in the war on poverty?)
To: SlowBoat407
This could actually be a training session for new jihadis.When you are young this most definitely rubs off. These Jihadi shooters are local heroes. How would you like to have adoring boys absorbing your every action? An ego boost to the Jihad soldier of (false god) Allah's army
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posted on
08/09/2006 8:37:02 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(Confucius say man who go through turnstile sideways going to Bangkok)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Count me for staged, possibly training session for Junior Jihadis.
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posted on
08/09/2006 8:37:21 AM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(What is our exit strategy in the war on poverty?)
To: SlowBoat407
Our eyes cannot comprehend what modern lenses produce.
If this was taken by a photographer as close as a anyone with a normal camera would be standing, then the photographer is very stupid as he is virtually in the line of fire. - a slight swing of the barrel and ---
If the photographer used an extreme telephoto lens then the crowd beside the shooter could be 20 or thirty feet away from him.
We can't believe that any photographs these days truly represent what our brains assume that they do.
125
posted on
08/09/2006 8:37:24 AM PDT
by
maica
(Creating human shields is a war crime. It is also a Hezbollah specialty.-- Charles Krauthammer)
To: eXe
It looks to me like it has too much blue in it. It more closely resembles the shirt of the bystander.
Granted, the mag isn't going to be the same color as the rifle, but those mags don't really have any blue in them.
If you look at the blow up, you can still see the slope of the magazine well. However, the bluish-gray area you have pointed out does not seem to traverse the entire length of magazine well, as a real mag would. It's the bystander's shirt.
126
posted on
08/09/2006 8:37:56 AM PDT
by
JamesP81
("Never let your schooling interfere with your education" --Mark Twain)
To: theFIRMbss
127
posted on
08/09/2006 8:38:11 AM PDT
by
orionblamblam
(I'm interested in science and preventing its corruption, so here I am.)
To: maica
Looks like a mild telephoto to me. The guys in back are slightly out of focus and could be as much as 20 or 30 feet from shooterguy.
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posted on
08/09/2006 8:38:57 AM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(What is our exit strategy in the war on poverty?)
To: eXe
Also notice that the blue-gray pattern extends all the way back to underneath the trigger guard. The magazine certainly doesn't go there.
129
posted on
08/09/2006 8:39:09 AM PDT
by
JamesP81
("Never let your schooling interfere with your education" --Mark Twain)
To: Attention Surplus Disorder
"What is (or do you suppose) the black, turd-like item is; slanted, leaning north by northwest, directly in front of the shooter's forehead."
Looks like a garbage bag draped on the kid's shoulder.
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posted on
08/09/2006 8:39:18 AM PDT
by
jdm
To: dennisw
Well, I've never done combat photography, and that's a whole different world. I just know that the location where the photographer was standing would be in clear site of the line of fire of whoever the shooter was aiming at. If there was a chance of being shot at. He's firing around a corner of an exterior structure, not through a doorway. I'd probably be standing where the other people are, covered by the wall from returning fire. That's, of course, operating on the assumption that during war you're shooting at someone who can shoot back.
131
posted on
08/09/2006 8:39:30 AM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(The most important thing is sincerity. Once you can fake that, everything else is easy.)
To: justshutupandtakeit
The shooter is holding a vertical forgrip, not the magazine. The magazine is farther back, you can see the baseplate behind his left hand.
132
posted on
08/09/2006 8:39:37 AM PDT
by
xander
To: eXe
That would also be consistent with the angle of the natural light (from behind at ~2:00).
133
posted on
08/09/2006 8:39:40 AM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Scatology is Serendipitous)
To: MassExodus
Could the 'blur' on all the observers be because either they, or the cameraman that took the photo of them, be in motion from the shock of the rifle's retort, while in the original the shooter is more clear and less 'blurred' if he was photgraphed at a different time at a different shutter-speed?
134
posted on
08/09/2006 8:39:53 AM PDT
by
DoctorMichael
(A wall first. A wall now.)
To: SlowBoat407
Are there shorter magazines?There's a 20 rounder but it still projects downward. My M-14 has a 5-rounder but I've never seen one for the M-16 series.
135
posted on
08/09/2006 8:40:30 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
(USAF Air Rescue "That others may live.")
To: JamesP81
See my post 62 where I eat crow on the issue.
136
posted on
08/09/2006 8:40:48 AM PDT
by
em2vn
To: mass55th
There is a 5th civilian directly behind the rifle stock. You are seeing the hair of a youngster.
137
posted on
08/09/2006 8:40:59 AM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Scatology is Serendipitous)
To: dead
I also look to motive, and can't see any reason why somebody would photoshop this picture. It's easier to just shoot the picture for real. In the middle east, there's no shortage of knuckleheads with guns or idiots to stand around watching them shoot them.
Ain't that the truth plus with high birthrates you got tons of boys out in the streets (mama kicks them outdoors from their small apartments) We played with toy soldiers. These boys get to see their favorite Jihadist shooting at the enemy
138
posted on
08/09/2006 8:41:03 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(Confucius say man who go through turnstile sideways going to Bangkok)
To: SlowBoat407
Still, why would a smoke puff and spent casing be photoshopped in, but no mag?
I don't know, but I'm also pretty sure the case is photoshopped. M4s tend to eject cartridges backwards past the shooter. This one, however, appears to be either even with or even a little in front of the ejection port.
As to why they'd photoshop it, maybe they are learning newer and better tricks. I don't know.
139
posted on
08/09/2006 8:41:13 AM PDT
by
JamesP81
("Never let your schooling interfere with your education" --Mark Twain)
To: ZGuy
140
posted on
08/09/2006 8:41:20 AM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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