So...whats wrong with this picture?

The People's DJ · Post by **The People's DJ** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:43 pm

The caption from the link below:

An elderly Iraqi woman shows two bullets which she says hit her house following an early coalition forces raid in the predominantly Shiite Baghdad suburb of Sadr City. At least 175 people were slaughtered on Tuesday and more than 200 wounded when four suicide truck bombs targeted people from an ancient religious sect in northern Iraq, officials said.(AFP/Wissam al-Okaili)

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070814/phot ... cf01aa597b

Shouldn't be to hard to figure out.

Bob Loblaw · Post by **Bob Loblaw** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:45 pm

Casings are still on the bullets?

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:00 pm

Unfired rounds, different calibers (5.56 and 7.62), shiney (kinda like they were dropped in the street by a soldier).

The People's DJ · Post by **The People's DJ** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:07 pm

Damn. Talk about some fast responces. Its sad that you all pick that up, I picked it up, and anyone else would pick that up.

Yet one has to wonder what AFP and/or Wissam al-Okaili was thinking.

jag · Post by **jag** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:47 pm

Well, maybe somebody just threw them at her house.

After all, it doesn't say they were "fired" at her house.

(Uh..., just a thought.)

Big Media · Post by **Big Media** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:29 pm

Stupid >>> That's just ignorant.

Another post edited to be PC.

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:37 pm

Had to be staged by the media.
With war as a standard situation in Iraq for 40 years or so, any Iraqi would know what unexpended rounds are.
Anyone with an ax to grind certainly would.
Media people are generally not military or firearms savvy.
Media people are stupid.

And the woman was ugly.

The People's DJ · Post by **The People's DJ** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:55 pm

genlock wrote: Media people are stupid.
And the woman was ugly.

No...media people stupid? Come on.

Oh..after doing some CSI'ing today I found another picture:

and and another caption:

An Iraqi elderly woman inspects a bullet which she says hit her bed during an alleged overnight raid by US and Iraqi troops in Baghdadâ€™s impoverished district of Sadr City. Residents said two people were killed and four wounded during the raid. (AFP/Wissam al-Okaili)

jag · Post by **jag** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:29 pm

Well, maybe somebody just threw it at her bed.

After all, it doens't say it was "fired" at her bed.

(Uh..., it's a possibility, as Bugs Bunny would say!)