General, where can I find the source for that picture? I want to send it to some Keyboard Kommandos who might have, you know, read the Bible.
Ykcir |
09.20.05 - 1:34 am | #
Stories like this remind me of the calls to use the Salvador Option in Iraq and the executed bodies that keep turning up since then. We are involved in something very evil there. We need to demand that someone pays for it.
patriotboy |
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09.20.05 - 2:16 am | #
i have seen this before. it is done with a blue screen. pretty amatuer stuff really. the problem is they should have used a camera with the same filter. notice how the boy is crisper and has a higher contrast than the "background"? geez, i could have done better superimposing shots with my happy meal camera. i mean, come on...
mickey mcdougal |
09.20.05 - 2:21 am | #
Are you saying Reuters faked it? Better get Powerline on the case to check the kerning.
patriotboy |
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09.20.05 - 2:30 am | #
If the camera's focused on the kid, he will be in higher contrast. And doesn't "blue screen" refer to video superimposing? And even if it is fake, so what? I don't think the story about the Brits was made up, and that's the whole point of this post. "Come on" yourself.
nsr |
09.20.05 - 2:39 am | #
I doubt that Reuters would fake it. They have too much to lose and nothing to gain.
But then again, they may be acting on orders from the Great Liberal Conspiracy.
patriotboy |
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09.20.05 - 2:44 am | #
exactly my point. i could have done that in my basement with legos and a high contrast shot on a gi joe in the foreground. in fact, that kid looks like the "davey" action figure doll if i am not mistaken. geez, liberals will defile anything holy, mark my words.
mickey mcdougal |
09.20.05 - 3:31 am | #
and by holy, i meant the war, not the davey doll
mickey mcdougal |
09.20.05 - 3:32 am | #
Mon General
This Micky McDougal person, he's a new comedic invention of yours? so as to liven up the letters, non?
Because there's only about 10,000 of these photos of children attacking tanks and armoured vehicles with rocks - from Africa, from Palestine, and now from Iraq, there will always be brave, foolhardy young men who will curse the occupiers of their country and attack them with whatever weapons they can fashion; the biblical significance of the rock and sling against a Goliath is as relevant now as it was then.
corporal waldo |
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09.20.05 - 4:11 am | #
Short telephoto, say 135mm, blazing sun, f 16 maybe 22 focus on the kid, APC slightly out of focus, all adds up to me.
Anonymous |
09.20.05 - 5:11 am | #
General please, do I have this story right? Two British soldiers were dressed either in civilian clothes or Arabic dress and driving a civilian car packed with explosives, and these "civilians" were firing on Iraqi police. The "civilians" were arrested and taken to the jail and later to a real civilian house. In the meantime, the British soldiers attack the jail with tanks to set free the "civilians", but only managed to release 150 other prisioners. Then the "civilians" were found in the real civilian house and arrested by the British soldiers.
My brain is exploding.
Overseas |
09.20.05 - 5:33 am | #
Mickey:
In order to better investigate your claim, I suggest a trip to the ol Big Sandy. Probably too much to hope that you'll enlist, but maybe you can go as a "citizen journalist," exposing Reuters fake photos and reporting on all the good news that the phony lieberal main stream media is holding back on us. You probably have a lot of international travel and language capability, so mixing in with the indigenous populace will be no sweat.
What say there champ? Are ya up to really exposing the MSM?
If you are, good luck and God speed!!
Bart
Bartholemew Throckmorton IV |
09.20.05 - 6:00 am | #
Dear General,
I'm confused. Dear Leader and Rummy say that the "Evil Doers" can be jailed indefinitely without trial in Cuba because they are "illegal combatants."
And, the Arabs deserve that dishonorable distinction because they either weren't wearing military uniforms or were pretending to be civilians while under arms.
Ok.
Now, 2 British marines are captured by our Iraqi allies shooting up the streets dressed as civilians, and they are "liberated" by a righteous military attack that wrecked the jail and released both the Brits and (other) criminals.
Whose side are these British on anyway?
Maybe the claims of the Iraqis that many of the car bombs are set by Coalition forces aren't as outrageous as many people think?
Capability Jones |
09.20.05 - 6:12 am | #
Long time reader general reporting for Duty.
As a Brit I am glad to see that we are finally doing something to make our fellow crusad....liberators (i.e. you yanks) look a little better. I know you've been getting some really bad press about the whole Iraq thing. Thankfully the decision was made by our MOD to really cock up an illegal operation (nice trick having our boys wear civilian clothes, makes them real terrorists, not soldiers) and now hopefully, we'll be able to share some of the flak from this whole war thing. After all it seems unfair for you guys to shoulder all the blame when our Great Khan, the right honourable Tony Blair is equally culpable.
Gribble the Munchkin |
09.20.05 - 6:20 am | #
...general,you'll be pleased to know that i learned young ahkmad pulled up on his bike(please note the left leg)parked it safely behind some rubble and just before speeding away launched projectiles at unsuspecting tanks and armored carriers causing widespread damage with his primative weapon...anyway,having just listened to BBC world,they're still trying to understand the situation.they didnt say why the soldiers were detained.the police refused to release the men per order of the interior mimistry,resulting in the british show of force.amazing how smooth these backwater ops go sir....looking forward to a happy rama-dama-ding-dong
kingweasil |
09.20.05 - 6:34 am | #
Dear Gribble, Thank you for the unselfish act on behalf of the British to take the spotlight off the US cock-ups which occur on a daily basis. I am sure that bush and blair will justify this by showing that the two men are really Senior Al Queda members impersonating British soldiers impersonating Iraqi civilians impersonating Al Queda terrorists impersonating...well, you get the point.
Overseas |
09.20.05 - 7:21 am | #
Shorter Mickey: No story here, picture fake, move along.
Special security task, eh? Opening fire on civilians and Iraqi police? I guess they mean special kinda' like Church Lady meant it, as in "Well isn't that special?"
The Venerable Ed |
09.20.05 - 7:41 am | #
Please. I do not consider myself to be Fred A Leuchter JR by any right, but there is something here that smells. Geez Louise, with some chewing gum, toilet paper and a handful of stained toothpicks I could make an army of crazed Jihadist commandoes to photograph; and it would look real, damn good real (except for the Cheetos stains, my only weakness)
mickey mcdougal |
09.20.05 - 8:07 am | #
Gee Mickey, now we know where Rummy has been getting all his pictures of crazed Jihadists though he may have you arrested and sent to Gitmo for leaking government secrets. Keep up the good work.
Overseas |
09.20.05 - 8:34 am | #
I certainly hope mickey mcdougal doesn't live in the US!! We don't like anti-Americans here and you can't get any more anti-American then declaring 'holy war'. Why does he hate America so much?
Terrible |
09.20.05 - 8:45 am | #
Fake Reuters photo?
Man, I never know what's parody around here. Even the commenters are getting into the act.
Moe Szyslak |
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09.20.05 - 8:54 am | #
I've been reading about this since yesterday on the Today in Iraq blog.
I'm sure all of those pictures were fake too. Darn that liberal media!
Mazzy |
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09.20.05 - 9:19 am | #
no exploding brains please. plainclothes undercover special commandos have been in use by the israelis in palestine for over a decade now. in some cases they have been accused to flare up violence where there is none, posing as palestinians.
guy |
09.20.05 - 9:23 am | #
I heard someone on BBC explain it thusly:
The soldiers dressed like civilians were most likely shooting terrorists dressed like Iraqi policemen.
So, there is nothing to see hear. Just more liberal media hype.
BigTobacco |
09.20.05 - 9:25 am | #
General Sir,
A bit OT, but is anyone else having trouble accessing Crooks & Liars..?
perhaps, unlike the americans, these people actually think that there is more to life that 'big macs' and 'whoppers'.
Inquisitor |
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09.20.05 - 9:34 am | #
Hospital Healthcare Worker: Yes, I'm getting that very rude "access denied" message as well. Don't know whassup with that.
nicky |
09.20.05 - 9:41 am | #
Yes, Hospital Healthcare Worker.
I get a "Access Forbidden" message. I've never seen that before.
Gordon |
09.20.05 - 9:45 am | #
yeah, i have been looking at this story from several different angles and news sources.. Its Crazy. If we start fighting with the Iraqi Police we trained... If they realize their sovereignty is just a PR sham to create pro-war sentiment... If.. This war is going to get real bad real quick. Cant these idiots see the forest for the trees. Sometimes its so seductive to think its all some evil plot, then everything just goes to shit... damn.
Fade |
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09.20.05 - 10:11 am | #
Here's yet another fake photo from Reuters. Will those guys stop at nothing to destroy freedom?
MOJoe |
09.20.05 - 10:22 am | #
tony blair says "fuck brown people"
walt |
09.20.05 - 10:36 am | #
Oh, good, I thought maybe I got banned from C&L
Smashed Crackpot |
09.20.05 - 11:07 am | #
General Sir:
I realize this is off-topic, but I was just reading where the Christian Coalition is in crisis. I think you'd be the ideal person to offer new leadership to this fine group!
As far as I can tell, the problem stems from leaders with names like "Horry's Eargle." "Joshua C. Christian" would be a big improvement right off the bat.
Bakelite Lung |
09.20.05 - 11:08 am | #
I tried contacting the webmaster at crooks and liars and got the reply that addressee does not exist. Strange.
Gordon |
09.20.05 - 11:12 am | #
notice how the boy is crisper and has a higher contrast than the "background"?
It's called "foreshortening." It happens whenever you use a long telephoto lens.
Gee |
09.20.05 - 11:13 am | #
I'm just totally into helping people today. And here's a great opportunity for mickey and our old pal Pamela at Atlas Shrugged!!! A job opportunity they simply should not resist!!
Course, you got to take the good with the bad. The WaPO is reporting today that a DS agent just got killed in Mosul yesterday, but I think is a really great opportunity for Pamela and others to serve.
After all, heckling George Galloway may be dangerous, but what's they compared to riding shotgun on aconvoy in Mosul.
Bart
Bartholemew Throckmorton IV |
09.20.05 - 11:14 am | #
Man. The mess over there just gets worse and worse, doesn't it? What was that about freedom being on the march, again? Last throes? My heart aches.
SED |
09.20.05 - 11:27 am | #
I think BakeL makes a good argument for the General's troops taking over the Coalition, though the real cause for decline is buried about halfway through the story:
In 1999, Roberta Combs, who had headed the coalition’s South Carolina chapter, took over as national executive director and began to run the show.
Anybody with any knowledge of the Bible knows a woman can't run a Christian organization. I don't think you need to go down there yourself, Sir, since you've got other priorities these days. Maybe send one of the 9.9's down to SC and smack this uppity broad back into the kitchen where she belongs.
MOJoe |
09.20.05 - 11:27 am | #
Permission to fire on the people we are liberating, sir! Permission to free the people we are liberating from jail, sir! Permission to dress up like a local civilian, sir! Permission to dress up and sing bawdy songs about sublimated Arabian urges, sir! Permission to wear outfit in the barracks, sir! Permission to get tarted up a bit, now and then, as the mood strikes me, sir! Permission to sew a portal leading to my Man Pie, sir! I must say sir, you are looking good these days, sir! Permission to take you inside my tent, and my other tent which is my Burkha, which was really only for weekends but I will make an exception for you, sir! Permission to crack wise about "Coalition of the Willing" while you search for hidden explosive devices in and around my prostate, sir! No, sir, making the Lieutenant giggle during climax does not negate the climax, sir, but it does earn you half off on a return visit, sir! Permission to slap your naughty bits, sir! Permission to ask why we are still here, sir! I only wanted to ask, sir! Understood, sir: I will limit my queries to the arts of love, sir!
Permission to end this right here, right now, sir! Oh. Well, then permission to clench, sir! Permission to be your "Noble Cause in Form & the Abstract" sir! Permission to groan, sir! Permission to lay back and think of England, sir! Sir, I accidentally thought of Glasgow, sir. Where are you going, sir? Not the haggis, sir! Please, not the haggis! Oh, well, then permission to squeeze the bagpipes while bringing you to a democratic form of loverment, sir! Amazing Grace, sir. Amazing grace.
If you have to "ask permission" then you're not man enough for the General.
Pvt. David |
09.20.05 - 12:28 pm | #
General
Why do they hate us? Is it because we liberated them? Is it because we are so darned good lookin'? Do they hate the British because the Queen killed Dodi al Fayed along with the trampy English Rose, Diana? Is it that their fedajeen pulses do not quicken when they hear, 'cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger and a large fries'? Are our fast food delicacies not scrumptious? That cultural divide may someday be healed over hummus and mozzerella sticks but that moment is not now.
What we can agree on is that 'We scream, They scream, We all scream for Ice Cream!!!
So, put down that Howitzer, Ali, There's a good lad. Let us repair to yonder date tree and lie about the 72 virgins we have already had. Let us quench our sandy throats with a yummy Twirly Swirly. Our British Burger King brass still honors, "Have it Your Way." http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/
...430136,,00,html
Now, Ali, you can't possibly still hate us? Isn't this great? Well, of course you're right that a dead baby can not enjoy such a treat. Well, I know there is no electricity to keep food from rotting let alone desserts frozen. Well, naturally you're cheesed off but then so are we. All y'all do is sulk because we are winning the hearts and minds...
Parody was of British officers, and in no way reflects behaviors of all the manly soldiers in the General's army. Having to state this obvious bit of business is to be expected, however, for humor is both Greek and French to most of us these days.
Check out the "hell hath no fury" thread below. Somebody posing as our old friend "Atlas Pamela Shrugged" has posted the most brillant parody of a raving right wing lunatic I have ever seen!
I agree. a short telephoto 135mm was definitely used as I am well versed with this format. What bothers me is that the film quality hints that this was done with a camera that uses a film cartridge. As you must already be aware, film cartridges only come in 35mmm, NOT 135mm. How can this be??? I am certain that there is something here to this Liberal Agenda.
Roscoe Tumbs |
09.20.05 - 3:11 pm | #
Sadly, while trying to comprehend all this, my head exploded. Now I have it held together with "chewing gum, , toilet paper and a handful of stained toothpicks". That Mickey McD sure knows his stuff.
pissed off patricia |
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09.20.05 - 3:18 pm | #
hah..
"Usamah Nabil, an Iraqi boy who is 10-year old, lives in Baghdad, the capital, suffers from a problem that he has no control over. But it has become affixed to him against his will, and despite attempts to rid himself of it. But as things are this problem accompanies him wherever he goes. His problem is not health-related, or social or humanitarian, but it is a problem of his appearance which resembles that of the US president George W. Bush to a large degree. To the point where his parents and friends in the street or school have stopped calling him by his real name, but call him "Bush." Usamah Nabil says he is not responsible for this problem of his look, and "that it is the will of God...who can create 40 resemblances [an Arab saying]...My father tells me to not get sick of this resemblance. Truthfully, I hate the name of Bush for many reasons; it is not one of the Arab or Islamic names, and he has killed many children in Iraq. I have tried to distance myself from the resemblance at school, but I quickly found that students call me by the name "Bush," and now I am perplexed because this name has become a synonym for me, and I wish to get rid of it in any way possible." As for his father who owns a shop in one of the suqs of Baghdad, he says:" My son Usamah has sharp intelligence, and works distinctively well in the shop that I own. But his problem is his appearance which resembles that of...Bush, to the point where customers have stopped calling him by his name, and call him "Little Bush," which greatly displeases him, and sometimes he embarrasses me with some customers when he attacks them with strong words in response to that name....He has started hating school due to him being called by the name of Bush...But I try to convince him that Bush will be forgotten after a few years, and only a few will remember him, and then he will live with your real name, and real appearance."
Uncanny, though he hasn't quite got the "look of resoluteness" down exactly, yet.
Fortunately, I don't think there's much real danger of confusion with Our True Leader--the lad seems to have the maturity of a 10-year-old. Here's the only thing I can think of that might help.
It could be worse--he could look like Bob Novak.
The face that launched a thousand projectile vomits,
Capt. Twelve A.M. Midnight, E.S.T.
CapMidnight |
09.20.05 - 7:00 pm | #
Not sure why this blog came up in our search for wedding related blogs, but we hope to see more wedding blogs that benefit the wedding community.
Always a bride, never a bridesmaid, as my Uncle Linda used to say.
Maybe those British soldiers thought they were in Brazil, Sir.
Or they are striking out for Wimpy Burgers.
If I go to other sites and just lie about stuff,
will the threads revolve around me?
Taking a week off from all this,
the Rev Jerry Gloryhole |
09.20.05 - 7:27 pm | #
General, my General;
Please, sir, cop to the truth. That is you and ofJoshua being frolicsome in tux and trousseau at the water's edge in that weddingstuff site, init?
BTW, are the brits becoming french or what?
democommie |
09.20.05 - 8:11 pm | #
General Sir,
I wish to inform you of several fine upstanding recruits for our glorious war. Seems like NC Senator Richard Burr has two sons who are wasting away their best years in college of all places. Don't they realize that their country needs them? You'd think with a dad who says things like this
"I applaud President Bush for coming to Fort Bragg to speak to our men and women in uniform. I think it was important for the President to remind us of the challenges ahead and to reiterate the importance of our work in Iraq. We owe it to the people of Iraq, and to those who have bravely given their lives in this war, to keep our word by helping the Iraqis prepare to defend their freedoms. The next generation cannot afford for us to waver in our resolve to finish this important job"
that these two young men would have already volunteered, but I guess it's only others - you know, the ones who can't afford college, that need to get their poor selves over to IRAQ and defend some freedom.
I cannot take credit for this discovery. You should really thank NCjim over at Daily Kos.
We should bring this kid over here and aim him at Crawford... or whichever hideout Dumbya's using this week...
And no, NOLA doesn't count --- the generators travel with the pResidential cadre, so nobody can see SHIT after dark...
Anntichrist S. Coulter |
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09.21.05 - 1:22 am | #
Obviously, they are so grateful for all the work we have done liberating their countrymen's souls from their bodies that they wish to return us the favor.
The Sloganeer |
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09.21.05 - 3:03 am | #
General, where can I find the source for that picture? I want to send it to some Keyboard Kommandos who might have, you know, read the Bible.
i have seen this before. it is done with a blue screen. pretty amatuer stuff really. the problem is they should have used a camera with the same filter. notice how the boy is crisper and has a higher contrast than the "background"? geez, i could have done better superimposing shots with my happy meal camera. i mean, come on...
Mon General
Short telephoto, say 135mm, blazing sun, f 16 maybe 22 focus on the kid, APC slightly out of focus, all adds up to me.
Mickey:
I certainly hope mickey mcdougal doesn't live in the US!! We don't like anti-Americans here and you can't get any more anti-American then declaring 'holy war'. Why does he hate America so much?
Fake Reuters photo?
I've been reading about this since yesterday on the Today in Iraq blog.
I heard someone on BBC explain it thusly: 
General Sir,
perhaps, unlike the americans, these people actually think that there is more to life that 'big macs' and 'whoppers'.
Hospital Healthcare Worker: Yes, I'm getting that very rude "access denied" message as well. Don't know whassup with that.
Yes, Hospital Healthcare Worker.
yeah, i have been looking at this story from several different angles and news sources.. Its Crazy. If we start fighting with the Iraqi Police we trained... If they realize their sovereignty is just a PR sham to create pro-war sentiment... If.. This war is going to get real bad real quick. Cant these idiots see the forest for the trees. Sometimes its so seductive to think its all some evil plot, then everything just goes to shit... damn.
Here's yet another 
tony blair says "fuck brown people"
General Sir:
Permission to fire on the people we are liberating, sir! Permission to free the people we are liberating from jail, sir! Permission to dress up like a local civilian, sir! Permission to dress up and sing bawdy songs about sublimated Arabian urges, sir! Permission to wear outfit in the barracks, sir! Permission to get tarted up a bit, now and then, as the mood strikes me, sir! Permission to sew a portal leading to my Man Pie, sir! I must say sir, you are looking good these days, sir! Permission to take you inside my tent, and my other tent which is my Burkha, which was really only for weekends but I will make an exception for you, sir! Permission to crack wise about "Coalition of the Willing" while you search for hidden explosive devices in and around my prostate, sir! No, sir, making the Lieutenant giggle during climax does not negate the climax, sir, but it does earn you half off on a return visit, sir! Permission to slap your naughty bits, sir! Permission to ask why we are still here, sir! I only wanted to ask, sir! Understood, sir: I will limit my queries to the arts of love, sir! 
If you have to "ask permission" then you're not man enough for the General.
General
Killing is Our President's viagra.
hah..
Check out that picture.
General Sir,
We should bring this kid over here and aim him at Crawford... or whichever hideout Dumbya's using this week...
Obviously, they are so grateful for all the work we have done liberating their countrymen's souls from their bodies that they wish to return us the favor.
