Posted on 01/17/2006 6:54:45 AM PST by OPS4
Looks like a dud that was brought in from the Afgan front.
It sure was not fired from a drone.
OPs4 God Bless America!
I am sure the readers here would really trust the NY TIMES.
LOL!
OPS4 GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Yup. You can see the grooves in the rotating band.
Where do you go to see the picture, anyway?
What struck me as odd was that the old guy modeling with the shell was wearing a large turban (India-like) rather than those small caps (OBL-style) like everyone else in the photo.
What's more is that I don't think that the NYT/Getty photo was of 'a house' or 'the house' that was hit by the missle.
This is supposedly (according to CNN/AP) 'the house' struck by the missle. This photo is quite different from the NYT/ Getty image (which doesn't even appear to be 'a house'--no evidence of a roof or roof supports.)
You'll have to find it on another site as Getty will sue FR (but not other websites) if anyone posts their images here.
Link to NYT photo: http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2006/01/14/international/worldspecial/14cnd-afghan.ready.html
It's a 155.
"The Times corrected the photo caption after Thomas Lifson, editor and publisher of The American Thinker brought attention to it."
Isn't the Times, just the best? And I'm sure the correction takes care of any unjustness that was initially done. They are such a moral, pro-American newspaper. They would never print anything that would harm the United States...
Huh..There was a freeper who posted that pic here a couple of days ago and said it was fake. And a few of us seemed to remember it from the old Afghan wedding bomb propaganda from a couple of years ago. But I can't find the thread now....
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When I saw the photo here a couple of days ago, the first think that hit me was the kid. I thought he looked more like an Afghan, not an Iraqi. Look at the color of his hair and skin.
Caught again!
Because the pic was staged for the terrorist sympathizing media. Any half-baked fool can tell the difference between a rocket and an artillery round. Well, except for the LSM, that is.
Now there is a report that there were terrorist there, 4 were drug away to hide their identity....Put a reward out. "Bring us the bodies and we will give you 2000 goats." Money don't mean crap to these people.
"Bring us the bodies and we will give you 2000 goats." Money don't mean crap to these people.
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Yeah! That would be better than the 72 virgins they are used to be getting...............
Yup... I was playing my war games last night and got stuck on 105mm. I meant 155mm (seriously).
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