Snapped Shot

Q: To an Islamist, who is considered to be "the innocents?"

A: Not Americans.

Because apparently, we Kuf'r deserve whatever we have coming our way, no matter what the occasion.

One wonders upon viewing this photo, whether or not the Associated Press has bothered to notify the Pakistani government of the "undisclosed" location in which they openly arranged to meet this outlawed gang of kidnapping terrorists for a classical, yet somehow modern photo-op:

Armed supporters of an outlawed militant group 'Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan,' left, guard kidnapped security personnel as they are presented to the media on the outskirts of Matta, an area of Pakistan's Swat district, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008. Militants paraded some 38 security personnel, who were abducted from a post in Pakistan's troubled northwest Swat valley. Swat lies in a swath of northwestern Pakistan that has increasingly come under the sway of Islamic militants opposed to Pakistan's alliance with Washington in the war with terrorist groups. (AP Photo/Sherin Zada)

You guessed it: An AK-47!

It doesn't get much classier than that, folks.

You might not have heard of Yasin Malik. It's not like he has the same star-power as a Britney Spears or a Sarah Palin, after all. Nevertheless, Mr. Malik is one of the leaders of the Kashmiri Muslim "separatist movement" known as the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference, home of the world-famous Islamic Rage Boy.

What makes Mr. Malik worthy of discussion this morning? Well, it would appear that there was another Hurriyat protest in Srinagar this morning. And, while our ever-talented ragemaster didn't seem to make it to the festivities, Yasin himself appears to have had a little brush with the law.

Here he is today, being ever-so-delicately carried off by his compatriots after being savagely beaten suffering no discernible damage by the police. Reuters describes it thusly:

Kashmiri Muslim men and Indian policemen carry injured separatist leader Yasin Malik during a protest in Srinagar September 12, 2008. Indian police used teargas and batons to disperse thousands of Muslim demonstrators who took to the streets in Kashmir's main city on Friday in fresh protests against New Delhi's rule in the disputed region. REUTERS/Danish Ismail (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR)

What makes this particularly amusing is how often Yasin seems to have problems in front of the cameras. For instance, he's been arrested on a number of occasions.

Each time in front of a camera. Continue reading »

The photo news wires are filled with pictures of another 200 or so Palestinian prisoners who have been freed from Israeli jails as a "goodwill" measure towards the Palestinian Authority. As others have pointed out, these guys aren't exactly innocent bystanders who were rounded up by a military state; but rather, most of them were incarcerated in the process of planning and carrying out terrorist attacks.

How does our "impartial" press choose to represent them?

You guessed it: As heroes.

[ AP/Muhammed Muheisen 2, AP/Mohammed (The Coward) Ballas, Reuters/Fadi Arouri, Reuters/Mohamad Torokman ]

If we can't trust the press to tell us truthfully about murderous thugs in the Middle East, why do we think they'll be more honest about any other topic?

Update: A loving embrace. Thankfully, the AP actually provides some details on this one:

A released Palestinian prisoner Said al-Atba kisses his mother as he arrives at her home in the west bank city of Nablus, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. Among the 198 Palestinians freed by Israel was Said al-Atba, who served 31 years of a life sentence for masterminding a 1977 market bombing that killed one woman and wounded dozens of others in central Israel. Al-Atba, 57, was the longest serving Palestinian inmate in Israel and is widely seen by Palestinians as a symbol of all the prisoners. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

So as far as we can tell, he was not wrongfully convicted, and he did have a hand in killing Jews.

Notice that this fact doesn't stop the AP from running with this glowing portrait as "news."

Update: Soccer Dad has more background on why attempts like this are utterly futile.

... Won't it gome back soon?

Well, while evil dictator Pervez Musharraf didn't face impeaghment, he did resign, so I'm sure that radical Islamists such as these, who insist on continuing to butcher the English language, will certainly be looking at good times.

Good times. With nukes.

Quite a delightful Monday thought.

Update: The brothers Tanveer strike again. One wonders how long the editors at both wire agencies will continue to put up with such wanton duplication of their intellectual property (even if only via family ties).

Prior Performances: Imperealist, Bycott Bycott Bycott.

Here is a typical photo of this year's Hamas "scout" camp graduation ceremony. I don't know about you, but it doesn't look anything like what I remember going through in the Boy Scouts, nor do I remember watching adults go through any similar ceremony here in the "hegemonic" United States,

It does, however, closely resemble certain other graduation ceremonies.

It's interesting to note that my friend Muhammed Muheisen and his editors at the Associated Press still try to pass this off as a typically peaceful "scouts" camp.

And yet, Israeli soldiers are still the ones being portrayed as violent.

Update: Haha, Aussie Dave points out that one of the Hamas "scouts" seems to have a striking resemblance to Jennifer Anniston.

Who would've guessed that Samara, the murderous ghost from the first two Ring movies, went halfway around the world to Iraq?

Look out, little girl!

Oh, wait...

I'm betting that the following photograph would've (a) been front-page news on every news website; and, (b) would have elicited hours of angry protests from the usual idiots.

[AP Photo]

Could my dear friends over at the AP be publishing more pro-Islamic material on their "news" wire?

That's the only conclusion I can come to after seeing this picture, anyway.

I understand that it's neat that we're experiencing a solar eclipse in parts of the world right now, but is it really newsworthy to send out a nicely-cropped promotion of the domination of Islam on the newswire?

The partial solar eclipse is seen against a crescent of Islamabad's grand Faisal mosque in Pakistan on Aug 1, 2008. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

By the way, is that an adjective I see there? Because, as far as I can tell, "Grand" is not in the title of that particular mosque.

Update: I reckon this photo means the AP promotes Orthodox Christianity as well. So, maybe these photos are intended to be artistic in nature? IF so, why are they being transmitted on the editorial wires, rather than on the non-news-oriented artistic images feed?

Update: Weasel Zippers has suggested that Reuters has been promoting Islam too, albeit subliminally. It could be, but I think the AP photo I linked up at the top of this article is far more overtly proselytizing.

What's that? You wanted to hear more about the AP's latest assault on the unwashed rabble that is the blogosphere?

Alright, relax already:

Fret not, fearless blogger—The Associated Press is not coming after you. They have been so busy pursuing a dastardly content thief that they forgot to mention that they weren’t trying to shut down the entire blogging world. This time.

Don’t you feel better already?

Be sure to read the rest over at Pajamas Media.

From an (cr)AP article, comes this bit of news...

[...] Israel [...] militants [...] attacks [...] blockade ...

Hmm, dang, that didn't come out right. Let me try again...

Gaza militants [...] bruising [...] people ...

Shoot. Nope. That ain't it.

Intense [...] air [...] underscored [...] navy...

Dang it!! I can't seem to get this right. Ok, one more time...

Gaza [...] pulls [...] out [...] Gaza...

[...] militants [...] raid [...] snapped [...] shot...

THAT'S IT!! Yeah, that one got the gist of the article perfectly. I am so glad I can use up to four words now free of charge. I can now perfectly express what the writers of this (cr)AP article were intent on saying and sharing with us their readers. So, AMY TEIBEL, how does it feel to be quoted saying these things? And did you really see militants raid SnappedShot central?

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This harkens back to the journalistic era of our grandfathers, which, incidentally, is the world in which the Associated Press resides to this very day!

The only thing that I can see that's missing is a "0"—Because that's how many APproved words I plan on quoting.

Blogger Patterico has noticed that the Associated Press lifted 157 words from his blog for one of its recent stories, without compensating him for the exclusive information he provided. This is comical, considering how the Associated Press is in the middle of a little snafu over a blog quoting their articles. Says Patterico:

Now, in a slightly ironic twist, the AP is taking content from a blog site. Namely, mine.

In a news item about the e-mail from Judge Kozinski’s wife that I posted on this site, an AP article lifted numerous passages.

I won't quote any more from Patterico's article, in case he's planning on charging $2.95 per word (just like the other AP). Be sure to hop on over and read the rest—And be sure to get as much of a laugh out of this as I am.

Thanks for the tip, Patterico! I am definitely appreciating the irony of this situation more and more.

See-also:

Ace of Spades HQ, The Jawa Report, doubleplusundead, The American Pundit, Evan Coyne Maloney's brain-terminal, Michelle Malkin, This Goes To 11 [Nigel—the invoice is on its way. ], Stop the ACLU, Powerline Blog, The Pirate's Cove, Below the Beltway, Confederate Yankee

The AP should hire Nelson Muntz to be their official spokesman.