Hajj Busted Again - Two Media Busts In One

Update: CHIT! I just clicked back and it dawned on me DOH! That's likely the sand showing through the door. Dammit.

Fortunately, there's enough else there to, I believe, disprove the ambulance theory. These wrecked ambulances which were said to be destroyed have been traveling quite a bit, obviously by tow or flatbed. It's as if they are part of a media parade and now even more individuals claim to have been there. All these stories can't be true. Also, look carefully at the antennae, you'll see it was smashed into the top of the van long ago, as it is so caked with rust. It looks as though they actually cut it off recently.

Unbelievable. Researching Hajj has led me to evidence which I believe completely debunks two erroneous MSM stories while busting Hajj, yet again. Some may recall I first decimated the ambulance missile attack here, now I have more. Note that the International Commission for the Red Cross is helping to propagate that myth with a high resolution image available here.

I've since discovered that no MSM reporter had access to the ambulances in question. You can confirm that in this despicable ITV video. ITV admits that no reporter had access to the vehicle, the video and subsequent images taken from it were from "an amateur local cameraman" from Southern Beirut. Seems it was too dangerous for the journo's.

Kevin Sites also has video of it and is spreading a worse lie all over Scrippsnews - that a man had two legs sheared off in the alleged attack. And HE gets an award for accurate journalism. What a joke. And even now a new man emerged and is said to have been the driver and lost an arm. None of the above has been mentioned in the many MSM reports.

The image at right was not photo-shopped by me except for my insert (upper Left) of another ambulance showing the device which is commonly mounted on the top. Obviously, it was removed before they tore the canvas ... having been covered, it's pristine. It may even be sitting on a construction site in Qana similar to the one that was bombed. Yet the MSM has never retracted the story and even the ICRC is saying Israel is guilty of war crimes over the incident. Is the Red Cross working for Hezbollah overseas? Not even license plate comparisons of the ambulances I've done add up. The individual who took the photo above, Lefteris Pitarakis, led me to the second manufactured report from Adnan Hajj when I Googled his name.

Lebanese rescuers cover a body that was uncovered in the rubble of a bombed house in the south Lebanese village of Srifa (REUTERS/Adnan Hajj)

Yes, one more unfortunate civilian casualty resulting from Israel's outrageous aggression. But unfortunately for Adnan Hajj and a few others photographers who appear to be going along with the ruse, someone stayed around long enough to snap an image when the carpet applied to the individual was rolled just a bit back. Just enough to display what is most likely the leg of a llama. Apparently they are common to the region and the Israeli special forces has taken to using them for transportation at times.

You can tell by the outcropping behind in both images that it's the same site. Scroll down at this page for all related images.

Now Rusty at Jawa Report says he has yet another Hajj photo-shopping incident. Scroll down for the latest update.

Ryan R. Jones - All Headline News Correspondent
Jerusalem, Israel (AHN) - Israel's large and technologically-advanced military has shunned more sophisticated means of supplying its special forces operating in Lebanon for a more unassuming supporting character - the South American pack llama.

Recent photos in local newspapers have shown elite infantry units waiting to cross the Lebanon border with their supply-laden furry beasts of burden.

According to media reports, the llamas, which can carry up to 60 pounds of supplies each, are being used primarily by special forces operating behind enemy lines in southern Lebanon's rugged hill country, allowing Israel to avoid putting supply helicopters and vehicles at risk.

A senior commander quoted by Israel's Yediot Ahronot said the specially trained animals are also very quiet, and require feeding only once every two days.

Update: And Reuter's excuse for the original doctored image was ... removing dust??????

ROFLMAO!!

Comments

[Fred Fry]

The hi res red cross photo of the roof of the ambulance has other ambulances in the background in the photograph where you can clearly see the red domes on them.

You can also clearly see that the bomb damage is already rusted over.

[Anonymous]

Your freelance sleuthing is a little out of control. I'm glad someone found the Reuters smoke picture and outted it. That kind of manipulation doesn't belong in photojournalism. But 90% of the rest of your criticisms of the other photos is more paranoia than anything. For example: who cares that the antenna was rusty. It means nothing. And what is so outrageous about a rescue worker (apparently the team leader) appearing in more than one photograph from a rescue underway - especially when there are so many photographers present? MANY photographers - not just that idiot Hajj. And what is so strange about seeing the same bodies in multiple positions from multiple perspectives (many photographers were there) moved from place to place in a chaotic rescue? Get over it. We may all have different opinions about whether this war is justified, but to stretch and stretch as far as possible to deny that this terrible event even took place undermines your credibility seriously.

[splashtc]

omg- imagine watching hajj at "work". Staging the photos-we need more bodies!, then desperately doctoring them-the smoke is not black enough! must-have-more-smoke! Hollywood should make a movie about him-or maybe he should work in hollywood-why waste such talent on something stupid like jihad-it's a dead end job.

[Dan]

Your freelance sleuthing is a little out of control

What you listed were many complaints I personally haven't been following up on. I'd suggest you take it up with the sites which have. As for the antenae, only a fool would say what you have. Of course it matters that the antenae was smashed down into the roof long enough to be caked with rust.

As that's the only item you criticized that pertains to me, I'll just dismiss you as an anonymous and perhaps lazy photo journalist who fears having your ass fact checked.

[Richard North]

Make that three: http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2006/08/lies-they-tell.html

[Mustafa-no-Brain]

This really has to be the biggest pile of camel shit todate. Download the high rez shot from the site Dan references. Check it out

1 - close up of the "hole" clearly clean sheet metal and rivet holes

http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/7272/camelshit1fp4.jpg

2 - back up of the whole note how it is "dead" center of the red cross

http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/5083/camelshit2fx1.jpg

3. The kicker the fool who took the shot and made these claims included a very nice shot of an intact "ambulance" notice the "air vent" dead smack in the middle of the red cross on the roof

http://img348.imageshack.us/img348/5837/camelshit3ku8.jpg

This "bomb" hole is nothing more than the removal of that air vent on this ambulance.

[Phoenix]

Truth matters. Getting at it is sometimes an up-and-down journey, but it shouldn't be the cause for criticism.

This journey has led to another truth that the MSM is not to be trusted. The more 'little facts', however insignificant, the better to dig through to get to the one fact that matters: Some journalists are clearly trying to manage a PR machine that is not on the side of the Israelis.

Kudos to all on the blogs who are working on this. In this war, PR matters a lot. Fie on a dishonest journalist.

[anonymous]

The Red Cross is made up of national bodies:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICRC

[Phoenix]

Your point, anonymous?

" Because it limits its membership to Swiss nationals only, and because new members are selected by the Committee itself (a process called cooptation), it does not have a policy of open and unrestricted membership for individuals like other legally defined NGOs." <----- ICRC

[Jim Padgett]

Just how fast does stuff RUST over there? I thought this was desert! Even Minnesota road salt won’t rust stuff that fast. Look at the "shrapnel cuts"; they are all rusted clean over vs. where the "vent gasket" was; shinny clean. WTF?

[Bobby]

In the ITV video that you refer to ie
http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=6377
Green Helmet appears to be a Red Cross helper in the video as documented on http://balancethemedia.blogspot.com/

Take a look at the first few seconds around 6secs to 12 secs. Take a close look at the "red cross worker on the right". Is he "green helmet"?

[Dusty]

Bobby, I don't think that is Green Helmet. The man in the vid and screen shot looks too young, and a little thin in the face to be him. Not so sure about the glasses either.

[joe]

here are some remarks about this:

http://www.eureferendum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=25574#25574

[SK]

I´d venture to say we´re looking at a single M789 HEDP or M799 HEI hit on that ambulance, fired by the Apache´s M230 chaingun. Damage by a 70mm rocket is also possible, but I´d expect that to be more severe. It is possible that the round indeed did hit the air vent and blew it away, at least we see some fragmentation damage on the roof, and it is clearly bent inward, which is consistent with a HE hit coming from the top.

[Dan]

the Apache´s M230 chaingun

But the entire roof is caved in. And of course there's the rust. Not to mention that if you look at the hi-res photograph you can see the metal around the hole was bent down in a manner inconsistent with a "hit" and is also rusted - even moreso than the rest of the roof.

[Josh]

It's only a sheetmetal roof, not very strong. In the 80's, my family used to have an Aerostar minivan. When me and my sister would climb up on the roof, it would buckle inward as much as 6 inches - 2 60 pound kids. These vans are at least from the 80's, and it's not hard to imagine that a couple of men could bend the roof inward just by applying a little pressure.

[DrD]

Having personally fired everything from 7.62mm copper jacket bullets to shoulder-fired 84mm HEAT rounds and inspected the results, I'm at a complete loss to imagine what kind of Isaraeli air to ground ordnance could have caused the observed damage pattern. This combined with the fact that the "hit" was scored directly on the air vent (vis ambulances in background in ICRC photos), the fact that the antenna was sucked inward vs blown outward plus the fact that parts of the metal are very rusted while other parts are clean would lead me to believe that this ambulance most likely took a direct hit from a crowbar +/- a few shotgun pellets.

[don surber]

"Truth matters"

Amen

[neil]

Look into hole on roof. Inside seems suspiciously clean after
receiving round in the roof. Other holes appear to be axe
marks. If round exploded, would have decimated the van.
Really sad attempt

[LOL]

http://thumbsnap.com/v/N2MJZloW.jpg

This is the REAL DEAL...PICTURE OF THE LEBANON BOMBING !

[Aaron]

I am looking at all the video footage of Kafr`Qana, and drawing up a timeline, with details of the time/event/stars on screen. It appears so far, that Green Helmet & WHite shirt arrived, and conducted a sound bite, after looking in the building, but prior to doing anything. The the first body comes out, then stacks of bodies, with no apparent injuries are removed, they are clearly visible, despite messrs green & white not noticing them, etc. Finally, the last few bodies are buried and dug out, however most of them are clearly stiff.

I need help, please go through any footage, index it, and send me the links.

Also, on my blog at present there is an analysis of the legalities of the current situation, which I will adapt to show what is necessary for a succesful prosecution for war crimes.

shalom

[anonymous]

Phoenix the point is they are national, ie local organisations.

If the accusation is that the local staff have been up to no good then it wouldn't be the first time that such accusations have been made against a local organisation, back during the Bosnian war the local Red Cross was accused of forcing refugees in Brcko to hand sign over their property before they would process them and ship them out of the town. Of course the usual caveats apply, accusations are not proof.

[qPAcq]

I wanna see this Adnan Hajj mofa's face.

[SK]

Have a look at http://www.eureferendum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2375&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15 . There I explained why the damage is pretty much in line with what a M789 HEDP round from the Apache´s M230 chaingun can do.
Of course there are still other possibilities, but to me chaingun hits make the most sense atm.

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