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Fake Rape Photos Re-Emerge Again To Discredit Real Torture Scandal
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Staged photos lifted from porn websites purporting to be images of U.S. troops raping female detainees at Abu Ghraib are again circulating at the height of the torture scandal, discrediting the very real and admitted accounts of rape described in Major General Antonio Taguba’s military report into the Abu Ghraib prison.
Despite the fact that these photos were vehemently discredited and proven to be taken from porn websites when they first emerged in 2004, they are again being erroneously cited as examples of photos showing rape that the Obama administration is blocking from public release – providing debunkers with ammunition to dismiss the validity of the torture scandal altogether.
In light of the Pentagon and the White House’s bizarre efforts to deny the reality of their own internal investigation and pull a crude bait and switch yesterday in claiming that the blocked photos do not show rape, it can only be assumed that these fake photos are again being pushed as a means of discrediting the proven instances of U.S. prison guards and others raping women and children at Abu Ghraib and other detention facilities.
“New photos obtained by Press TV have revealed alleged sexual harassment and rape of Iraqi prisoners at US-run Abu Ghraib detention center by American soldiers. The alleged pictures illustrate American soldiers raping and sexually harassing Iraqi detainees,” states the report.
However, the photos do not illustrate American soldiers at all, the uniforms worn by the men in the images are clearly not those worn by U.S. troops in Iraq, they are cheap military fatigues that anyone could find at Wal-Mart or any other discount clothing store.
Furthermore, it was admitted five years ago that the photos were taken from porn websites after they were first published by the Boston Globe.
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“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,” reported World Net Daily.
The photos, which were published under the headline “The Abu Ghraib Prison Photos,” by a Tunisian website, were lifted from an American porn website called “Babes in Iraq,” as well as a Hungarian porn website called “Sex in War.”
The websites were registered under the HotSpotCity.com domain, which hosts “cheap unrestricted adult XXX porn websites” and is a subsidiary of MacNew Enterprises. Owner Linda MacNew told World Net Daily that the photos had originated from the porn websites and they were subsequently shut down.
The Boston Globe later had to apologize for publishing the fake photos.
The fact that the photos are being cited as proof of rape at Abu Ghraib when they are clearly lifted from amateur porn websites, a point that was confirmed no less than five years ago, makes it highly suspicious that these images are again circulating as the torture scandal reaches new heights and threatens to embroil top Democrats, who are complicit because they gave their approval for the Bush torture program in the first place.
It seems that every time the torture scandal escalates, fake images, video and testimony is released to poison the well and convince the public that the whole issue is a hoax.
In May 2006, a video emerged in which a self-proclaimed Army Ranger called Jesse MacBeth claimed that his unit was told to kill Iraqi men, their wives and children indiscriminately if they didn’t explicitly follow orders. The video became wildly popular on the Internet but soon turned out to be a hoax, there was no record of MacBeth being an Army Ranger.
As soon as the video was declared a hoax, neo-cons like Michelle Malkin jumped on the issue to claim that accounts of Iraqis being indiscriminately killed were all fraudulent, despite the fact that a BBC News interview with soldiers who had served in Iraq, in which the troops admitted to witnessing war crimes, proved the allegations of indiscriminate murder to be true.
Similarly, at the height of the Abu Ghraib scandal in May 2004, the London Mirror published photos of British soldiers allegedly urinating on detainees in Iraq. The images were later proven to be fraudulent and the hoax was exploited by the corporate media and the government to discredit other proven cases of torture and abuse carried out by British soldiers in Iraq.
We see the same pattern over and over again – every time the torture scandal escalates, fake images are released to poison the well and dampen outrage about the very real torture and sexual abuse of women and children that is documented in the U.S. military’s own internal report into the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.
The fact that Press TV and the individual quoted in the article have fallen for this simplistic propaganda yet again is beyond belief. It’s a case of ‘fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.’ We have alerted them to the hoax and hope to see the story removed as soon as possible before people like Michelle Malkin cite it as proof that the very real rape scandal is non-existent.
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May 29th, 2009 at 8:40 am
The source of any fact or facts must be checked,and checked again.Well we ever now the whole story of the crimes that any government commits?When they refuse to be accountable to the people that have given them the power to govern.Not in my life time.
Raven's Call Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 9:28 am
And the source of “facts” leading you to believe that rape was perpetrated by the US military is the jihadist movement. AJ’s just helping them out.
No Mercy.. Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Viva Hamas..
digital.hero7 Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Doubtful because there is far too much smoke and we know where there’s smoke there is fire. I have seen nothing to make me believe we treat our prisoners well. USA treats its own people like slaves and cattle to be poked and prodded whenever they feel the need.
How much worse do they do to others? We continually blow away civilians overseas and label anyone anything to get the agenda pushed through.
Does anyone actually believe we are not raping and torturing captives? Look at everything else in this country and the way things are headed south. No morals or values are found anywhere in this country and without morals and values the depths to which humans can and do sink is astounding.
bar abbas = son of god Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
http://revcom.us/a/038/us-occu.....-women.htm
I'm So Bored With The U-S-A Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Actually, we have the Major General in charge of investigating these claims, Bush’s Inspector General to the CIA, and quite a few military & government officials who have seen the photos backing these allegations, as well as interrogators, soldiers, and prisoners who actually witnessed these crimes.
attila the hun Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
stop the torture and rapes
May 29th, 2009 at 8:41 am
I almost wish I was a news anchor…at least I’d get paid for being purposely naieve… All doubt gets the benifet and when I lie I could just blame it on the tel te te tel te te TelePrompTer.
May 29th, 2009 at 8:51 am
“Poisoning the pot” is a well known black op tactic in the arsenal of the Pentagon’s media wing. The “source” at the Pentagon simply leaks the appropriate story to a contact and the wires take over from there. In this case, though, the poisoning will not have the desired effect (esspecially since the actual photos will soon be leaked.
ScrewyL Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 10:42 am
“Poisoning the pot” does not work to deceive masses. It only protects those guilty. If fake propaganda is released about rape, then it is because there really are cases of rape.
The masses figure this out–although a great many don’t want to be aware and remain willfully ignorant.
However, with the crosswind of false reports, it DOES become more difficult to go after the actual crimes and prosecute the actual guilty people.
May 29th, 2009 at 9:05 am
Between all the lies and disinformation it is amazing that any of the truth trickles down to the average joe.
Share your thoughts:
http://www.commonwealthmovement.com/community
What the Hell? Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Does it?
May 29th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Alex Jones undermines his credibility by associating with anti-free-speech ranter Jason Bermas. The latter tells people who have views at odds with his to kill themselves. I’ve never heard AJ speak in this way.
May 29th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Yankees and rebels, pleeease stop wasting your time revolving worthless dry shit; it will only restart stinking… Pay attention to the real world problems in witch America can make the difference: Global Warming, massacres in Africa, nuke crazy dictators like in N.Korea and Iran,
stupid asses like Chavez in South america, those are just a start.
Now that you realized that all rating agencies like Moody´s, Standard & Poors etc , worth nothing once they are paid by the really powerful guys to state what´s good for them, thus screwing up all the real perception of what´s going on behind the walls at Enrons, Arthur Andersens, GM´s, Lehman etc, etc.
Believe me: owing equals to minus, saving equals to plus , not vice cersa as 90% of you guys used to be tought…
America can make a difference, just pay attention to the others around you!
May 29th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Typical tactic. Boring.
May 29th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Lion of Judah go peddle your crap on fox news website you troll.
Raven’s Call, yeah now chance the rape Allegations are true because american soldiers in the history of war have never done that. Oh and if you believe that I have a bridge for sale. TROLL
May 29th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Now we can assume everything we hear is lies. Question everything. It is all BS until proven otherwise. Lies upon lies to cover lies to distract from lies that lead to hints of truth in there somewhere – maybe. MSM, TV, radio, alternate media, blogs, foreign media, liberal media, conservative media,… everything is suspect. Now this site is suspect too. Everybody lies.
May 29th, 2009 at 10:39 am
the article made an obvious point about the above picture;why are the army soldiers wearing green fatigues in a desert war?
hop out before your are boiled Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 11:17 am
You know what else is odd about a lot of those photos. They have bags over the heads but the bodies are naked. I’m an art teacher and I do a lot of life drawing. Those guys with the bagged heads are not hairy. They are as smooth as a boiled egg. Persians, Arabs,Iraqis are very hairy.
The folks in these photos are shaved, nicely tanned and welled muscled. Very odd.
Censored31 Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
How can u see that ??? This picture is poor quality. Are u just gessing ????
attila the hun Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
how simple of you
some people have more than than others
all arabs dont have the same amount of hair on their bodies
they are individuals
it varies as with anglos
you’re funny lol
attila the hun Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
i meant that for “hop out..” not for you censored
May 29th, 2009 at 10:51 am
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2006/08/06/567/51902
Vietnam & Rape / Torture
May 29th, 2009 at 10:56 am
I was terribly mad when i found a website citing these photos as evidence, Now I feel like a goof
But Im still pissed because there are still alot of sources and accounts of rape and torture, especially by the private security contractors as well as soldiers!
I'm So Bored With The U-S-A Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Someone posted a link to those pics on this site last week, and I have to admit I fell for it too.
I don’t doubt it went on, and I don’t doubt there’s photographic evidence of it either, but it does point out the pitfalls of relying on the internet as a source of information.
Definitely glad they posted this article.
May 29th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Nice to know you’re quoting World Net Daily, a neocon outlet. Also, the only sources that claimed the photos were fake were all neocon.Zionist-sites:
World Jewish Review
Israel Forum
Boston Herald
FreeRepublic
and, of course, good old World “Nut” Daily. You put yourselves in their company, what does that make you?
You probably also went after Dan Rather for the actual Texas Air Guard docs on Bush’s AWOL status that were manipulated by the neocons and then used as proof of fakes by the same list above, and others.
How much money you guys get from ADL and AIPAC?
May 29th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Dark green camouflage uniforms were worn in Iraq by Multi-National Forces from: Albania, Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, El Salvador, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine. Green BDUs also worn by employees of dozens of private military contractors.
who’s pushing disinformation now? — InfoWars you bet…aptly named.
I'm So Bored With The U-S-A Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Since you actually agree that “the uniforms worn by the men in the images are clearly not those worn by U.S. troops in Iraq,” as you just pointed out, how is that disinformation?
attila the hun Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
stop the rapes and torture in iraq and afghanistan
May 29th, 2009 at 11:09 am
I am beginning to wonder if they are trying to brainwash the lower levels of society- as they do with indoctrination of say, Suicide, Death or Sex education. I think ‘they” want to infiltrate our ‘feeble imaginations” with evil , shocking horrors, so the sickos will have something to imagine. Maybe you will start to hear some sicker rape horrors in the USA after this..
What do you think?
Theywontchipme Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
I think my mind is being raped!
Sal Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
That’s exacftly what they are doing – desensitizing you by pickling you in their filthy images and thoughts. They are hoping to mold you into their image and generate a few more clones so that you won’t care when you see it happening all around you and might even participate instead.
May 29th, 2009 at 11:50 am
The New, New World Order Documentary on YouTube, in High Quality.
Complete Playlist for all 9 parts:
http://www.youtube.com/view_pl.....18853B47BB
May 29th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
I don’t know about you guys but I want to kick some teeth in and I’m just a 5′2 soccer mom! This enrages me to no end!!!! We will have justice in this country and those guilty will face judgement day! I want to kick some skulls!!!!!!!
May 29th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
wow, the fake on the Islamic sites will sure piss them off, that will not work out well for out troops. We need to save our soldiers now and get them out of these illegal war zones!
We are not gaining anything, as a country, being in these countries. Look up USMC Smedley butler, and how US war is all a wall street controlled mob affair. Our military is nothing more then a global gangster network. Securing oil and drugs for the “elite” to sell back to us and further push us into economic debt slavery!
May 29th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
just watch the video of major general taguba saying what he saw in his investigations. i dont have the ling cuz im at work, but google video it. this is definatly counter counter intelligence.
May 29th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Who didn’t know these were not real?
Nothing about these photos came close to looking like anything that happened at the U.S. Nazi torture camp in Iraq.
May 29th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Nice save Mr. Watson.
May 29th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Anti torture day in DC…. take a look
http://www.russiatoday.ru/Poli.....gton_.html
May 29th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Ultra counter sleeze to counteract counter crap to counter a crock of shit !!! Gettin’ fancy and
sophisticated while pickin’ gnat shit out of pepper !!!
P.S. Praise Vishnu for the 28 hellish planets !!!
May 29th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Their strategy of disiniformation is impressive. It is so effective that even knowing it may not be enough. We have a strong inherent bias for continuing to not believe in something that is proven to be false. This bias serves us well in most cases. If we didn’t have this, we would waste tremendous energy in verifying every single thing that is obviously untrue.
May 29th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
This is not hard to believe at all, this type of abuse has been going on for years in foster care and institutions. SInce policies changed to allow sexual deviants into the military in the name of freedom we can now see the fruits of these lies.
May 30th, 2009 at 12:26 am
”…and then they showed that awful film, and it just spoiled everything.”
Hermann Göring, Nuremberg
May 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
Alex Jones is to Izzie disinformation as Larissa Alexandrovna is to Zionist garbage from the Odessa Kosher Nostra
May 30th, 2009 at 2:51 am
This story is absolutely fucked up and shows the lack of decency on the infowars minimum-wage ragsters…..staff of shame…
take a look at yourselves…this is sick……let it go…..
see a shrink…..
to numbnuts above:”
Larissa Alexandrovna is a real journalist……and not jewish…dipshit
Odessa Kosher Nostra ?????????? I think she is from Kiev, Jacko…..
May 30th, 2009 at 3:57 am
I hate to admit I’m wrong..
ok she is a Jewess from Odessa…..but Zionist??? come on….
this article is pointless…
the whole Iraq Slaughter is a crime…. the army did their kangaroo court thing to the lackey scapegoats already…
this is just plain silly, Alex…why?????
May 30th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Hell every other month their claiming to kill some top level Al Quada leader, who they’ve already killed two or three times already. The general public, doesn’t care, nor can they handle reality, the mockingbirds hardly have to work for their meals anymore, when they can just recycle, and repackage the same primetime fodder. They could piss on our heads, and tell us it is raining, with a straight face. Total sociopaths. A bunch of foxes asking the chickens what’s for dinner.
‘Oh don’t worry that pretty little head, that’s not a soup pot, that’s a nice relaxing hot bath’, as salivating wolves runnaround the room in revelry in chef hat’s, sharpening knives, chopping vegetables, and seasoning the bath water with salt and pepper. Soup pot?That’s just a conspiracy theory. Who told you that, they definitely need a bath’ Wah, wah, ha, ha’
We’re so fucked.