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Yahoo! captions again

Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, stands in front of a Hezbollah flag during her visit to hear from survivors of the summer war between Hezbollah and Israel, in the southern village of Qana, Lebanon, Sunday Dec. 3, 2006. Khan leads a mission to Lebanon, Israel and Palestinian territories to discuss human rights issues with members of the government and civil society. (AP Photo/ Mohammed Zaatari) (Warning: I don't know how long the links will be good.)

Two things worth noting:
1) A leader of a human rights organization has no problem posing in front of a poster depicting a hand holding a rifle.
2) That the organizaitn whose poster that is can be described as civil society.

The two together speak volumes about Amnesty Internation and the AP. In neither case does the picture paint the organization in a positive light.

This time it's Reuters:
Supporters of Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun and Hezbollah allies demonstrate to demand the resignation of the U.S.-backed government in Beirut December 3, 2006. Lebanon's political crisis showed no sign of easing on Sunday, with the pro-Syrian opposition pressing on with its protest campaign to topple the Western-backed government. Orange is the colour of Aoun's movement, and the writing on the flag is the name of Aoun's party. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard (LEBANON)

Aoun is an "opposition leader" who is allied with Hezbollah. They are "pro-Syrian". The democratically elected (if flawed) government is "U.S. backed." The Syrian support for the oppositions is a lot more tangible - and deadly - than the support given the government by the United States.

Blogdigger tags: Lebanon, Amnesty International, Media Bias, Middle East.