Propaganda from the AFP

Here is the caption to this picture:

An elderly Iraqi woman shows two bullets which she says hit her house following an early coalition forces raid in the predominantly Shiite Baghdad suburb of Sadr City.

Here’s the problem: Those rounds have never been fired. I found this on FreeRepublic, but it has since been pulled. Also, the Autonomist has it covered very well.

Update: An Instalaunch is now in effect on this post and The American Thinker is on it, too.

Blackfive has opened up a can of its own brand of whup-ass on the AFP propagandist clowns. Check Blackfive’s comments section for some laughs, and for info on the AFP photographer who took the picture of Magic Bullet Lady, Wissam al-Okaili. — Lots and lots of pictures of injured babies, crying mothers, and a flattering portrait of Moqtada Al Sadr in his online portfolio. How did he get close enough to Al Sadr to get that portrait? Few people do.

She’s even been in other propaganda:

Man, Magic Bullet Lady sure is ubiquitous. Here’s another picture I found of this Mahdi actress in one of her various grief-stricken poses.

Great job on this Autonomist. More propaganda the press is too willing to run with.

EDITOR’S NOTE: AFP is the Agence France-Presse. It is one of the three largest news agencies in the world, along with the AP and Reuters. It is also the largest French news agency.

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