Mr. Green Helmet: "Better images must be shot"

American Thinker ^ | 8/10/06 | Tom Lifson

[pissant]

Adnan Hajj and Reuters photo editors put in play the basic credibility of the major media when they published a Photoshopped image exaggerating damage from an Isareli warstrike. Photshopping conclusively established that Reuters puts out propaganda. So the next question is obviously, “how much?” The blogopshere already had been deconstructing what appeared to be highly contrived photos from the Qana ruins when Photshopping came to light. Things like pictures of a poor dead dust-covered baby with a sparkling clean pacifier around its neck raised suspicions. Adnan Hajj was there as part of the press gaggle.

The star of the Qana show was Mr. Green Helmet, who appeared to be staging shots. But mainstream apologists are not convinced, and still said “trust us.” But the lid has been blown away, and open skepticism is in season. The Washington Times today sums up the current extent of the doubts.

Today, Sweetness & Light points us to a remarkable video that is smoking gun evidence that “Mr. Green Helmet” (of Qana’s dead baby fame) is nothing but a Hezb’allah propaganda operative. GH was a central figure in the Qana pictures. Bloggers have argued they were staged. We see GH in the video acting as a director for the world media, setting up a piteous scene involving an unnecessary transfer of some human remains and driving them around for the cameras. He even has mastered the hand gesture to keep rolling. This guy is a pro.

Indisputably, this is staging before some members of the press corps. It does not require too great a leap to assume that GH behaved in a similar fashion when Qana 1.0 was presented to the world as a narrative of 57 civilian deaths, most of them women and children. Release 1.1 revised the deaths by half.

S&L brings you screen shots (with subtitles) for a quick overview, but the German language commentary on the video is terrific, via YouTube. The clip comes from a television show on Germany’s NDR network called “ZAPP.” The narrator minces no words. Our media have been buying propaganda from Hezb’allah, and this video shows them lapping it up.

[pissant]

It's spreading across the blogosphere quickly.

[polymuser]

http://greenhelmetguy.blogspot.com/

[JerseyDvl]

We have known that Qana was staged for a while now but the DBM will never report this. It took them days to acknowledge the Rueters photo debacle, even when Reuters admitted to the forgeries as soon a LGF's nusted them.
I am happy the blogosphere is keeping it alive though.
At least conservatives in the US know the truth.

[JerseyDvl]

Sorry, that is LGF BUSTED them.

[MD_Willington_1976]

Anyone can make these pictures with a computer...

Hey here's a guy I know, I gave him a vacation in Lebanon...

[My2Cents]

"Beruit Bob"

[pissant]

Excellent. I see Doug has been busy.

[pissant]

Conservative are the ONLY ones who even want to know the truth.

[pissant]

I figured. LOL

[sandbar]

Yeah, I saw it this morning.

[sandbar]

I'm afraid they are going to wisen up and Mr. Green Helmet Guy will disappear and they will get smarter. We are only training them.

[Question_Assumptions]

Is Green Helmet Guy related to Baghdad Bob?

[andyk]

I'm amazed that a show on a German network dug into this, and was so clear in calling it what it is - propaganda. Thanks for the post.

[crazyhorse691]

Things like pictures of a poor dead dust-covered baby with a sparkling clean pacifier around its neck raised suspicions.

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That was a goof made by rank amatuers. Our MSM has perfected the art of material upgrading.

[AFreeBird]

Mr. Green Helmet Guy will disappear

Yea, they might "disappear him" right into the next Israeli target zone.

hehehe

Well, they will get smarter, but the gig is up. Credibility of both Hezzies and the MSM should be dropping (even more so than usual).

[Raycpa]

The youtube link is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vPAkc5CLgc

There is another movie director in that film, if you do a frame by frame look at the film you will see Mr Civilian has the same walkie talkie as Green Helmut and actually directs some of the photos.

My analysis follows:

I viewed this as much as I could frame by frame. At the end of 42 seconds, the video fades out and resumes what appears to be a few seconds later.

Before it fades, the Army guy is holding onto the stretcher. After the fade (at about the end of the 42 second mark), the army guy appears to be missing. On what appears to be the last frame I could get, the army guy seems to be walking off to the "Mr white shirt civilian"'s right (our left). At the same time a person who I cannot identify previously is casting a shadow over Mr. Civilian's left side and at the beginning of second 43 he appears a little darker.


<>At the 58 to 59 second minute mark the scene fades again and some time lapses off film. The reporters that were close to the ambulance have apparently moved back when the action resumes. It can be seen that Mr Civilian is directing the cameras on one side while Green Helmut is directing the cameras at the other side.<>

At the one minute mark, "Mr civilian" turns showing his left side and one can clearly see a walkie talkie on his belt like the one Green Helmut has.

An aside, at about 19 seconds an object seems to be shooting from inside the caved in building to outside. I assume its probably something on the film.

[petercooper]

bttt

[Raycpa]

More on the film, at 1.01 a guy dressed in red cross garb helps them remove the stretcher for the photo-op. I thought the Red Cross was neutral?

[Eagle9]

The first two images are from 42 and the second two images are from 31 here on FR.

Compare GHG, with and without helmet, to the German video at the following link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vPAkc5CLgc

[pissant]

What am I supposed to be looking for?