August 08, 2006

Best Counter-Battery Fire Ever

Cross-posted from The Dread Pundit Bluto

Katyushas out:

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Caption:
Tyre, LEBANON: Katyusha rockets are fired from the outskirts of the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre into Israel, 06 August 2006. Israel's army will carry on fighting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon until two soldiers, whose capture sparked the conflict last month, are returned, its ambassador to Washington said today. EDS NOTE: CORRECTING DIRECTION OF SHELLING. AFP PHOTO/SAMUEL ARANDA (Photo credit should read SAMUEL ARANDA/AFP/Getty Images)

"Israeli rockets" in:

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Caption:
Tyre, LEBANON: Rockets fired from Israel are seen falling in the outskirts of the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre, 06 August 2006. Israel's army will carry on fighting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon until two soldiers, whose capture sparked the conflict last month, are returned, its ambassador to Washington said today. AFP PHOTO/SAMUEL ARANDA (Photo credit should read SAMUEL ARANDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Okay. These are the same photo, obviously showing Hizballah launching Katyusha rockets into Israel, not Israeli rockets landing in Lebanon. It's just another example of the mainstream media's eleventy-seven layers of editors doing their jobs.

Via LC Scott, commenting at The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler.

Fred Fry International has more strange observations on missile launch photos.

UPDATE by RS: Here's a little taste of what long time friend of the Jawa Fred Fry finds.

By Bluto09:40 AM | |