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Posted by Andreas (Guest) - Thursday, May 13 2004, 14:19:33 (CEST) from 217.255.206.60 - pD9FFCE3C.dip.t-dialin.net Network - Windows 2000 - Internet Explorer Website: Website title:

shlama all, titel runs: "Bogus GI rape photos used as Arab propaganda" well ya, they are bogus. but NOT Arab propaganda. fits more the pattern of disinfo to turn the tide in favour of the pseudo-christian bushists/neocon cabal by discrediting Arabs for "bogus pics" and propaganda. the rest of the articles is quite usable. will Assyrians once again be the last to see some light and will they fall for this nonsense distraction like for any in their typically self-disgracing manner? no assyrian ever seems to even bother him-/her-/itself to research/verify/substantiate. meanwhile they are obviously pretty heavily working themselves up into rage. kind of collective, pseudo-national masturbation. sorry for the last word, ladies. truth accepts no coverups. ONE AGAIN: women ARE being raped in iraq !!! the crimes are so severe that urgent help is needed. but, for helping them solid info and clear evidence is needed - no hysterical naivety and no hallucinating sissies. please take the below info as a starting point for yer own researches. you have good counter-arguments? even better counter-evidence? fine then, please come up with the stuff. beSheyna Best Andreas ----------------------- 1) Bogus GI rape photos used as Arab propaganda - May 04, 2004 2) Boston Globe publishes bogus GI rape pictures - May 12, 2004 Related stories: U.S. calls for Arab retractions http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38409 Fake rape photos infuriate Arab world http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38408 Porn site depicting 'GI rapes' shut down http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38352 Bogus GI rape photos used as Arab propaganda http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38335 ------------------------ 1) http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38335 OPERATION: IRAQI FREEDOM Bogus GI rape photos used as Arab propaganda Pictures purporting to be U.S. troops actually taken from porn sites -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: May 4, 2004 9:41 a.m. Eastern By Sherrie Gossett © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Graphic photos appearing on Arabic websites of U.S. servicemen raping and sexually abusing Iraqi women were actually taken from American and Hungarian pornography sites. Albasrah.net and a Tunisian website produced in France by Committee for the Defense of Saddam Hussein [Comité de Défonce de Saddam Hussein En Tunisie] http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:qqMDjaJuVh4J:ctdsaddam.i8.com/+&hl=en , posted not only the recently broadcast photos of U.S. troops abusing and humiliating Iraqi prisoners but additional ones of alleged group rape of women by American soldiers, some who are depicted holding rifles against their victims' heads. The Tunisian site described the photos as the "unedited" versions of actual events and Albasrah ran the photos under the heading "The Abu Ghraib Prison Photos," indicating they had received the photos via e-mail. A WND investigation has revealed that most of the photos are taken from the American pornographic website "Iraq Babes," and the Hungarian site, "Sex in War," which is linked to by the American site. Both websites are linked to by violent pornography sites and both describe Iraqi women -- played by "actresses" -- in vulgar terms. "Iraq Babes" was created in April 2003 and is registered to Linda MacNew mailto:mrscyber@emcs.net of MacNew Enterprises, in Hop Bottom, Pa. MacNew Enterprises also is the registrant of VelocityHosting.com, http://velocityhosting.com/ whose technical and administrative contacts are Linda and Arthur MacNew. HotSpotCity.com, which hosts "cheap unrestricted adult XXX porn websites" is a subsidiary of MacNew Enterprises. MacNew told WND she hosted the site and that while aware of the content, she did not know the photos were now being used as anti-coalition propaganda. "That's one of our client sites," she said. "If they're legal photos, I can't just shut them down because of that. I need to investigate this. I appreciate you letting us know." When asked who the owner of the site was, MacNew said, "I can't divulge that." "Sex in War" was created in May of 2003 and registered to Activ Studio KFT in Budapest, Hungary, under the name of "Andrea M." mailto:andrea@buy-film-ready.com Andrea Marchand of Activ Studio KFT is listed elsewhere as a custodian of age-identification documents for persons appearing in various sexually explicit images broadcast over the Internet. Her e-mail address is suffixed to Active Art Studio, owners of a Parisian website and service that offers video content. At the time of publication of this report, Marchand could not be reached for comment. WND also has not yet received a response from the Committee for the Defense of Saddam Hussein and Albasrah as to whether they will now remove the photos from the website and admit they are staged images. The photos published last week depicting abuse at Abu Ghraib prison have enraged many in the Arab world, including the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council. A military report by Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba found a pattern of wide-ranging abuse in late 2003, including the sexual assault of a detainee with a chemical light stick or broomstick, according to the New Yorker. Six U.S. military police now face criminal charges, and Pentagon sources said the probe of activities at Abu Ghraib prison will expand in light of the death of an Iraqi detainee at another prison. In addition, at least 112 women in the military have reported being sexually assaulted by U.S. service members in Iraq and Afghanistan over the last two years. U.S. Central Command is investigating the allegations. Experts speculate the actual number may be higher, as the National Victim Center says only 16 percent of rape cases are ever reported. In 2003, the Denver Post published "Betrayal in the Ranks," http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%7E30137%7E,00.html an investigative report that revealed a reluctance in the military command culture to punish crimes against servicewomen and military wives, including rape to which the perpetrator had confessed, gang rape, murder and attempted murder. Iraqi sources told WND that while they now understand the rape photos are fake, they fear incidents of sexual assault and rape by coalition troops may have occurred or could occur. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sherrie Gossett is a Florida-based researcher and writer, formerly with the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, and a contributing reporter to WorldNetDaily. -------------------------------------------------------- 2) http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38464 OPERATION: IRAQI FREEDOM Boston Globe publishes bogus GI rape pictures Taken from pornographic website as first reported by WorldNetDaily -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: May 12, 2004 12:15 p.m. Eastern By Sherrie Gossett © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Boston residents got more than they bargained for this morning when their copy of the Globe came complete with graphic photographic images depicting U.S. troops gang-raping Iraqi women. Problem is the photos are fake. They were taken from pornographic websites and disseminated by anti-American propagandists, as first reported by WND a week ago. WND contacted the Globe to question staff about the photos. Asked whether the photos were the same as the porn photos WND already investigated, reporter Donovan Slack said, "I have no idea. I'm surprised the editor even decided we should write about it." She added: "Oh my God, I'm scared to answer the phone today." "It's insane," said Slack. "Can you imagine getting this with your cup of coffee in the morning? Somehow it got through all our checks. Our publisher's not having a very good day today." Slack sent the photos to WND, which immediately confirmed they were the same porn photos reported on last week. Responding to an e-mail request from the Globe, WND furnished the true source of the photos, and walked Slack through the "Sex In War" site over the phone, so she could see the photos matched. I'll take the 'Five days for $15' deal," Slack quipped, adding, "This is ridiculous. I'll be working at Penthouse soon." The photos accompanied an article about Boston city councilor Chuck Turner, who distributed the graphic photographs yesterday at a press conference with activist Sadiki Kambon. Turner told reporters the photos showed U.S. soldiers raping Iraqi women. "The American people have a right and responsibility to see the pictures," Turner said. Kambon, who is director of the Black Community Information Center, said at the news conference he received the photographs by e-mail from Akbar Muhammad, a representative for the Nation of Islam. The Globe was provided with a statement by Muhammad who wrote, "There aren't any doubts in my mind about the reports on torture of Iraqi prisoners. All you have to do is look at the pictures of Saddam Hussein after his capture when he was being examined on television across the world. He appeared to be drugged and unaware that he was being filmed to be humiliated and disgraced in front of the entire world." As WND previously reported, the pornographic 'rape' images were carried, among other venues, on the website for the Committee for the Defense of Saddam Hussein. In the letter given to the globe, Muhammad termed reservists, "raving beasts," and added, "I was fortunate enough to make copies of the pictures before they became unavailable on the Internet." The pictures are still on the porn site "Sex In War" and appeared in several Arabic newspapers. Muhammad also called for the resignation of Rumsfeld. Turner and Kambon told the Globe they don't know where or when the photos they distributed yesterday were taken. But Turner said they came from a "very legitimate person." "We cannot document their authenticity," he told reporters. "But you have the ability to do that." The Globe published the photographic images despite the fact a skeptical Slack had raised serious doubts about them and was not able to verify their authenticity. Slack was assigned to report on the press conference and did not approve of the photos being published. The photos were approved for publication by three Boston Globe editors. In the article the Boston Globe ran with the photos, http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/05/12/2_cite_photos_purported_to_show_abuse/ Slack underscored her skepticism: "The images, depicting men in camouflage uniforms having sex with unidentified women, bear no characteristics that would prove the men are U.S. soldiers or that the women are Iraqis. And there is nothing apparent in the images showing they were taken in Iraq. Unlike the photographs widely publicized last week, the images appear to have been taken outdoors in a sandy area with hills in the background." Ironically, a simple "Google/news" search using the terms "Iraq rape photos" would have proven the photos were fake and the story groundless. Specifically, the search would have retrieved WND's series on the photos as well as a statement issued the day after WND's expose (May 5) by the U.S. Embassy in Cairo confirming that the photos were fake and demanding that Arab newspapers that had carried the photos publish retractions. In addition, WND's expose of the photos was mentioned at Monday's White House press briefing. A source with the Globe said the controversy already had reached the president of the New York Times, who reportedly is furious. The Boston Globe is owned by the New York Times Co. Turner said he and Kambon were distributing the photos to force the Bush administration to release additional documentation of abuses, which Turner said are not limited to the prison, west of Baghdad. At the time of publication of this report, Turner and Kambon were not available for comment. So far, the Globe hasn't published a retraction. However, as posted on the Free Republic website, a reader who wrote the Globe's ombudsman, Christine Chinlund, received the following e-mail reply: The Globe should not have run the photo. It appeared as the result of a miscommunication between photo staffers, and a collapse of the usual "checks and balances" system. In my next column I will provide a more detailed explanation of how this lamentable mistake happened. Sincerely, Chris Chinlund Globe Ombud Chinlund's response ended with the following P.S.: "Can you tell me which website is providing the copy for letters like yours? Thanks." --------------------- - BACK TO INDEX - REPLY - QUOTE - EDIT - DELETE -

The full topic: Bogus GI rape photos Andreas - Thursday, May 13 2004, 14:19:33 (CEST) Re: Bogus GI rape photos parhad - 05/13 14:54 Re: Bogus GI rape photos parhad - 05/13 14:57 Borrow yer family braincell and re-consider Andreas - 05/13 16:10

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