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Al Qaeda Videos May Be Doctored
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/08/al-qaeda-videos.html ^

Posted on 08/13/2007 4:30:52 PM PDT by chessplayer

Media and terrorism experts alike have remarked on the increasing sophistication of al Qaeda propaganda videos that continue to be released by the group's media wing, as Sahab.

One computer expert, however, has conducted extensive image analysis on many of the videos and concluded that in many cases the tapes were likely doctored to give a false impression of the speaker's location.

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.abcnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; enemypropaganda; islamoganda
DU`ers, of course, have jumped to the conclusion that the eeevil Bush administration has doctored the videos.
1 posted on 08/13/2007 4:30:53 PM PDT by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer
Really.....I'm gobsmack!

Always wanted to use that word.

2 posted on 08/13/2007 4:32:48 PM PDT by Dog
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To: chessplayer

Yup all bushes fault always is and all ways will be ............


3 posted on 08/13/2007 4:35:42 PM PDT by Shots
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To: chessplayer

If anyone is an authority on doctored propaganda, it is ABC and the rest of Liberal media.


4 posted on 08/13/2007 4:37:10 PM PDT by Stallone (Free Republic - The largest collection of volunteer Freedom Fighters the world has ever known)
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To: Dog
Really.....I'm gobsmack! Always wanted to use that word.

The corrected tense in that case would then be to say "Really, I'm gobsmacked."

5 posted on 08/13/2007 4:37:30 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (When toilet paper is a luxury, you have achieved communism.)
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To: Dog

Gobsmacked?

Me, I’m knackered!


6 posted on 08/13/2007 4:38:56 PM PDT by Stallone (Free Republic - The largest collection of volunteer Freedom Fighters the world has ever known)
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To: chessplayer

It’s the Reuters influence.


7 posted on 08/13/2007 4:42:31 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: chessplayer

Or likely doctored to give a false impression of the speaker’s ability to breathe.


8 posted on 08/13/2007 4:45:19 PM PDT by American_Centurion (No, I don't trust the government to automatically do the right thing.)
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To: chessplayer

Al Qaeda Videos May Be Doctored

You mean...Muslims lie???


9 posted on 08/13/2007 4:52:46 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (The Democrat Party: radical Islam's last hope)
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To: Stallone

Flabbergasted?


10 posted on 08/13/2007 4:53:36 PM PDT by Hoosier-Daddy ("It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
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To: chessplayer

The professor on Gilligan’s Island could produce better videos with a coconut.


11 posted on 08/13/2007 4:54:33 PM PDT by WyCoKsRepublican
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To: American_Centurion
Doctored you say? That's unpresedented /sarc


12 posted on 08/13/2007 4:56:21 PM PDT by McCloud-Strife (John McCain first, the rest of the "gang of 14" next)
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To: chessplayer

ABC NEWS ALERT!

Scientists conclude that bears may indeed crap in the woods.

THIS HAS BEEN AN ABC NEWS ALERT!


13 posted on 08/13/2007 4:58:32 PM PDT by Constantine XIII
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Image hosted by Photobucket.com

do I really have to say it???
14 posted on 08/13/2007 5:18:30 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist)
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To: chessplayer

Big deal...so are the ones from NBC Dateline. Exploding pickups anyone?


15 posted on 08/13/2007 5:18:39 PM PDT by Doctor Raoul (What's the difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic? The Free Clinic knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: Stallone
Dan Rather would probably say that if the content is even remotely possible, the accuracy shouldn't matter.
16 posted on 08/13/2007 6:32:02 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: Hoosier-Daddy

No, balderdashed.


17 posted on 08/13/2007 6:51:50 PM PDT by RetSignman (DEMSM: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
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To: chessplayer

In other words, the terrorists have bought “chroma key” software and a “morph” software. :)


18 posted on 08/14/2007 2:03:30 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!)
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