What's wrong with this picture?

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.

21 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.

22 posted on 05/26/2004 6:58:45 AM PDT by OXENinFLA

To: Luis Gonzalez

Recess in Fallujah:

"Ring around the corridor,
A jacket full of C-4,
Ashes, Ashes,
We all blow UP!!!"

23 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

24 posted on 05/26/2004 6:59:00 AM PDT by Registered

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)

25 posted on 05/26/2004 6:59:28 AM PDT by jigsaw (God Bless Our Troops.)

There you go, that's probably very close to what happened.

26 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?

27 posted on 05/26/2004 6:59:57 AM PDT by najida (Who said I could spell? My fingers are faster than my brain.)

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.

28 posted on 05/26/2004 6:59:58 AM PDT by USNFighting31st

To: Luis Gonzalez; OXENinFLA

I'm no expert with pictures .. but it kind of looks like a cut and paste

29 posted on 05/26/2004 7:00:01 AM PDT by Mo1 (Make Michael Moore cry.... DONATE MONTHLY!!!)

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?

31 posted on 05/26/2004 7:00:45 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown ..................................(I miss ya harpseal))

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.

32 posted on 05/26/2004 7:01:41 AM PDT by nuffsenuff

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)

33 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?

34 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?

35 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?

36 posted on 05/26/2004 7:02:45 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown ..................................(I miss ya harpseal))

POst #25 has the caption, I left it off on purpose.

37 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"?

38 posted on 05/26/2004 7:03:28 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown ..................................(I miss ya harpseal))

39 posted on 05/26/2004 7:03:37 AM PDT by OXENinFLA

Standing for 3 hours in 100 degree sun in Iraq...for an Iraqi to do that...must have been a cool day for them!

40 posted on 05/26/2004 7:04:18 AM PDT by RaceBannon (VOTE DEMOCRAT AND LEARN ARABIC FREE!!)

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