[posterchild]

They show a US passport, but from the text it is unclear if they are talking about a Spanish passport, a German passport, a US passport, or one from some other country. (Often times images of varying degrees of relevance are added by editors for visual appeal.)

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

appeared unusually new for a document eight years old.

quite possibly “issued” since Jan 20, 2009?

[Forgiven_Sinner]

FTA: “CNN’s Reza Sayah saw the passport and another one from Spain along with other documents during a trip to South Waziristan for journalists run by the Pakistani military. It was the first time the army had taken journalists to the region, he said.

“The army showed journalists a pile of documents that they said they had seized.”

Among the papers was the German passport in Bahaji’s name, which included his signature and a photo of him in a red shirt.”

My literal mind interprets this to be at least 2 passports—one from Spain and one from Germany in Bahahji’s name. Now the picture shows a US passport as well, and the first paragraph says: “the passport and another one from Spain”. You could interpret “among the papers was the German passport” as a third passport: the US one and the one from Spain and other documents, which included the one from Germany.

In any event, the article was poorly written and there are at least 2 passports, at least one from Germany with Bahaji’s name.