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Department of silly pictures 4/27/2006

"Controversial"

We start off with this picture

and the caption reads

A masked Palestinian man sprays graffiti on Israel's controversial security barrier

perhaps it should have read

A masked Palestinian man sprays CONTROVERSIAL grafitti EQUATING ISRAEL WITH NAZI GERMANY on Israel's EFFECTIVE security barrier ...

Let's use the adjective "controversial" in other circumstances.

Palestinian supporters of Hamas peer out from behind a CONTROVERSIAL billboard CALLING FOR ISRAEL'S DESTRUCTION ...

Palestinian supporters of the Fatah movement wave their hands IN A CONTROVERSIAL SALUTE REMINISCENT OF THE GENOCIDAL NAZI REGIME ...

(CAPS are my additions to Reuters' text)

Ineffective

Then there was this caption Palestinian security force officers hold plastic pistols as they take part in a training session in in the Jebaliya Refugee Camp

Would those things help if someone attacked them with pointed stick?

Where's the Pulitzer winning Robin Givhan when you need her?

The captions read

Palestinian security officers stand guard at the Karni crossing, east of Gaza, after an explosives-laden car was found

2 questions:
1) After all that specialized training, don't you figure they could look a little more alert?
2) So the Palestinian Security Forces stopped one terror attack. What about all those attacks that they didn't stop? (via Backspin)

Rally or news conference?

A Palestinian militant from the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades ... as he attends a rally in Gaza City

The AP reports that this was a rally. As long as we're using adjectives though perhaps we could change the caption to

A Palestinian militant from the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades DISPLAYING ILLEGAL WEAPONRY as he attends a rally in Gaza City

Interestingly, Reuters caption is

Palestinian gunmen from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades attend a news conference

A news conference? With such an impressive display of weaponry, I find that a bit hard to believe.

Technorati tag: Palesitnian Authority.

Crossposted on Israpundit and Soccer Dad.

Posted by SoccerDad at April 27, 2006 4:59 AM