that pic of the iraqi soilder was fake

thank you sasha .thats probaly a better way to get the point across.that didnt come across my mind at time

No problem raggie... that's my job... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Did I miss something??

It looks like an ad for cardboard....

Yay cardboard!!! Thumbs up!!

Is anyone else here aware that it isn't a great idea to 'thumbs up' in the middle east?

(saw the old version, read about the stink it created)


Color me confused....

there was a fake pic i was just exposseingg how the fake pic was made

I still think the original picture is the real deal, although it's obvious the link you provided that the picture has been altered to remove the text, and when new text is added on, it's also obvious that the new text is fake by the distortions in the cardboard around where the text is placed. I suppose a good enough photoshopper could have made the first picture up, but I still don't think so. It looks genuine. There are many variations in the image quality of the first picture because of the way it has circulated around the internet, but the very first image to circulate on the internet was of superb quality and didn't look altered in any way, at least to me... also looked like the picture was taken with a film camera, not a digital one...

http://karmann.goonsquad.net/img/boudreauxs.jpg

This is just my opinion of course.. there are other variations of this picture going around, such as this one below, which I think is clearly faked. Not only is there a large amount of distortion around the letters (and the whole picture for that matter) from the effects of photoshopping, but the "saved" and "rescued" are clearly not the same handwriting as the rest of the writing.

http://www.balloon-juice.com/03images/59682.html

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2810106.php


http://www.yellowtimes.org/article.php?sid=1872

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1082042718100900.xml



Photo may land La. Marine in trouble
He's awaiting word on disciplinary action
Thursday, April 15, 2004
By James Varney
Staff writer
A Louisiana Marine responsible for an offensive photograph made in Iraq last summer was awaiting word Wednesday on a disciplinary decision by the Marine Corps, a military spokesman said.

Lance Cpl. Ted J. Boudreaux, a reservist with the 3rd Battalion/23rd Marines who hails from Thibodaux, became the subject of a formal investigation last week after a photo in circulation on the Internet came to the attention of a Muslim public relations firm in Washington, D.C.

In the photo, Boudreaux is shown with two Iraqi boys. All three are smiling, and all three are flashing a "thumbs-up" sign. The middle boy is holding a handmade cardboard sign that reads in English, "Lcpl. Boudreaux killed my dad then he knocked up my sister."

... rest of article in the bottom link I believe...against forum policy to post entire article /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

http://www20.brinkster.com/slsl/bushcheney.jpg

Nevermind, I found the real one. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon23.gif

Here's the TRUE version of the pic:

LOL! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yellowlaugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yellowlaugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yellowlaugh.gif

Outstanding, Banshee! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Britt