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(AP Photo/Karim Kadim) ^
| May 26, 2004
| Luis Gonzalez
Posted on 05/26/2004 6:49:06 AM PDT by Luis Gonzalez
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: fullauto; itsawarcrimeisntit; mediabias; openfire
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To: sarasota
There's nothing in the story that suggest that these kids set the barricade on fire, the soldier in the background is standing at ease, so there's no fighting going on.
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posted on
05/26/2004 6:58:23 AM PDT
by
Luis Gonzalez
(Sin Pátria, pero sin amo.)
To: Luis Gonzalez
I think it's blatant propaganda Me too. And who's the guy in the background? Looks like he's hold a gun.
To: Luis Gonzalez
Recess in Fallujah:"Ring around the corridor,
A jacket full of C-4,
Ashes, Ashes,
We all blow UP!!!"
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posted on
05/26/2004 6:58:50 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(It's not Bush's fault - It's THE MEDIA'S fault!)
To: Luis Gonzalez
Luis, Kadim probably does have an agenda...LOL
U.S. Soldiers Detain AP; Deny Them Water
September 23, 2003
By: Staff
Associated Press
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. soldiers detained an Associated Press photographer and driver on Tuesday, handcuffing them, forcing them to stand in the sun for three hours and denying them water or use of a telephone. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division detained photographer Karim Kadim and driver Mohammed Abbas, both Iraqis, near Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, and kept their guns trained on them, despite repeated attempts to explain they were journalists.
The troops were looking for explosives planted in the area.
"We identified ourselves from the very beginning as press, even before we approached the troops. I was asked not to take any pictures and I didn't. We were told to leave and we walked away, and then one of them shouted at us to come back," said Kadim.
An armored personnel carrier arrived moments later. Three soldiers disembarked and aimed their guns at the two men.
"A sergeant ordered us to raise our hands and face an APC. We were searched, and they took away all my camera gear. Then our hands were tied behind our backs, first with rope, and then with plastic handcuffs," said Kadim, extending his wrists to show marks left by the cuffs.
The two were made to stand for three hours in temperatures of 110 degrees.
Abbas said the soldiers accused them of being part of the insurgency attacking U.S. troops.
"You know about the explosives here, you are part of the people who put them here," Abbas quoted one soldier as saying.
The two were later taken to a U.S. base, where Maj. Eric Wick apologized. Wick also called the AP office in Baghdad, saying it "was a misunderstanding on our part."
On Thursday, U.S. soldiers shot up Kadim's car in Khaldiyah during a firefight after an American convoy was hit with a remote- controlled roadside bomb. Kadim was in the car, along with another driver, and both jumped out and ran for cover after they saw a tank had them in its sights. They were fired on as they ran and the car was badly damaged. Neither man was hurt. The AP sent a letter of protest to the U.S. military in Baghdad.
AP-ES-09-23-03 1426EDT
To: All
The accompanying description:
Photo: Iraqi children run as away from a burning street barricade at the entrance to
the suburb of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 26, 2004. The mostly poor
Shia neighborhood of Sadr City, that has a large support base for radical Shiite cleric
Muqtada al-Sadr, has witnessed almost daily armed clashes with the US army.
(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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posted on
05/26/2004 6:59:28 AM PDT
by
jigsaw
(God Bless Our Troops.)
To: nuffsenuff
There you go, that's probably very close to what happened.
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posted on
05/26/2004 6:59:46 AM PDT
by
Luis Gonzalez
(Sin Pátria, pero sin amo.)
To: Luis Gonzalez
I see a bunch of happy kids running down the street, towards the photographer.
Maybe he has candy?
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posted on
05/26/2004 6:59:57 AM PDT
by
najida
(Who said I could spell? My fingers are faster than my brain.)
To: OXENinFLA
Last Day of School? Looks like they just just been left out of school on the very last day of the year. Guy in background is casually standing there with no real concern. Looks very much staged.
To: Luis Gonzalez; OXENinFLA
I'm no expert with pictures .. but it kind of looks like a cut and paste
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posted on
05/26/2004 7:00:01 AM PDT
by
Mo1
(Make Michael Moore cry.... DONATE MONTHLY!!!)
To: Registered
30
posted on
05/26/2004 7:00:41 AM PDT
by
Luis Gonzalez
(Sin Pátria, pero sin amo.)
To: Luis Gonzalez
The fact that none of them are wearing expensive Nikes?
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posted on
05/26/2004 7:00:45 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown ..................................(I miss ya harpseal))
To: OXENinFLA
To me the guy in the background looks like a late teenaged or early 20's guy with his hands on his hips. He's wearing a two-tone shirt, black on the shoulders, white in the middle, and black on the hips. Probably posing for another picture being taken by someone being covered by that wall.
A "Look Ma! I did this!" picture.
To: Luis Gonzalez
I think it's blatant propaganda I think you're right.
Has anyone seen any little girls?
Or are they all waiting at heavens gate to fornicate with their martyrs?(sick humor)
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posted on
05/26/2004 7:01:58 AM PDT
by
Mister Baredog
((Kerry is a major dork))
To: Luis Gonzalez
They are all smiling.
Where is this taken, and what is it supposed to be?
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posted on
05/26/2004 7:02:03 AM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(VOTE DEMOCRAT AND LEARN ARABIC FREE!!)
To: Luis Gonzalez
Their not eating like american kids?
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posted on
05/26/2004 7:02:27 AM PDT
by
US_MilitaryRules
(I'll donate to the RNC after the nuclear annillation of a few Middle East countries!)
To: Luis Gonzalez
The fact that the Tourist Guy is nowhere to be seen in this picture?
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posted on
05/26/2004 7:02:45 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown ..................................(I miss ya harpseal))
To: RaceBannon
POst #25 has the caption, I left it off on purpose.
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posted on
05/26/2004 7:03:14 AM PDT
by
Luis Gonzalez
(Sin Pátria, pero sin amo.)
To: Luis Gonzalez
That I've searched the picture closely, and nowhere can I find the phrase "All Your Base Is Belong To Us"?
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posted on
05/26/2004 7:03:28 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown ..................................(I miss ya harpseal))
To: Registered
To: Registered
Standing for 3 hours in 100 degree sun in Iraq...for an Iraqi to do that...must have been a cool day for them!
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posted on
05/26/2004 7:04:18 AM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(VOTE DEMOCRAT AND LEARN ARABIC FREE!!)
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