MyFreePress.com : August 8, 2006

August 8, 2006

Lebanon rockets hurt China peacekeepers (AP). AP - A (Hezbollah) rocket blast in southern Lebanon injured three Chinese peacekeepers on Sunday, just hours after China called on the United Nations to ensure the security of U.N. peacekeepers in the Middle East, state media reported. [Yahoo! News: Politics News]
2:57:08 PM

Sony launches Wi-Fi personal communicator.
(InfoWorld) - Sony Electronics has unveiled a wireless-enabled device aimed primarily at people who like to send text messages and make free calls over the Internet.

The new Mylo personal communicator, designed to operate on all 802.11b wireless networks, will be priced at $350 and be available in September at Sony's retail stores and online shop at: www.sonystyle.com

By John_Blau@idg.com (John Blau). [InfoWorld: Top News]

1:37:53 PM

If you are a soldier, and you are being shot at by this guy, would YOU shoot back?
A Palestinian militant fires toward Israeli troops during an arrest raid in the West Bank village of Qabatiyeh near Jenin, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. Four Palestinians were wounded when the army arrested an Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades militant, Palestinians sources said. The army said two Islamic Jihad militants were arrested during the operation. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
(AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
If you are still wondering why there are so many civilian deaths, here is an Associated Press photo of a Palestinian 'militant' using civilians (including children) as a shield. Of course the Description does not actually say it, but you can see it for yourself.

UPDATE: This retransmission of the photo is not cropped, and shows even more children. The commentary seems to suggest that they are not in the line of fire. I don't see that at all.

11:25:30 AM

BBC Lies again

bbc

Bloggers first spotted that smoke on Adnan Hajj's image of the aftermath of an Israeli air strike in Beirut appeared to have been made darker.

when in reality...

Littlegreenfootballs...

OK, now things are getting weird.

This Reuters photograph shows blatant evidence of manipulation. Notice the repeating patterns in the smoke; this is almost certainly caused by using the Photoshop “clone” tool to add more smoke to the image.

And on top of that they only show a portion of the doctored photo, excluding the repeating patterns of smoke. They didn't even mention the repeating patterns of smoke in their article.

Is this just an honest mistake or is the BBC deliberately attempting to play down this scandal?

8:25:46 AM