August 10, 2006

AFP Photo Lie of the Day

The photo shows an Israeli jet dropping defensive flares. The caption claims they are missiles.


Tyre, LEBANON: An Israeli warplane drops missiles east of the southern Lebanese port of Tyre 10 August 2006. Lebanese police said earlier in the day an Israeli drone fired a missile on a road south of Tyre, killing a civilian on a motorbike, while a helicoper gunship attacked a building in the city housing a charity owned by Lebanon's Shiite spiritual leader Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah. At least 1,087 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since the offensive started on July 12, according to an AFP count of official tolls today. AFP PHOTO/HASSAN AMMAR

You'd think that AFP would be paying closer attention after this. And what would a photo be without the mandatory mention of dead Lebanese civilians?

Hat tip: Shaun

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 03:47 PM | |