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***11am EDT 6/13 update: Mark Finkelstein e-mails that Al Jazeera Publishing has changed the photo***
在6月3上, I called attention to a false photo in the Times of London that purported to show victims of Haditha slaughtered by US Marines. The photo was of fishermen executed in a Haditha stadium by terrorists six months before the Nov. 19 incident under investigation by the US military.
在6月6上, I called attention to the use of that same false photo by the Chicago Sun-Times.
在6月7上, I reported that the Sun-Times had apologized.
但是， 就像我说的 of the London Times’ apology, “some smears aren’t so easy to take back–especially when the image is as searing and damning as the bloody image the Times wrongly attributed to our Marines. Despite the correction, the image has been burned into the public memory.”
Now, the false image has been used again. This appeared today on–surprise, surprise–网站 of Al Jazeera Publishing (which is a Dubai company separate from the TV station):
“Shameless liars.” Look in the mirror, propagandists, and retract this bull.
When you click through to the article permalink, here’s the caption underneath the photo reprinted a second time:
Liars. Damnable liars.
联系信息：
Aljazeera Publishing
AJ Publishing
谢赫扎耶德路，
邮政信箱31303
迪拜
阿拉伯联合酋长国
Tel (UK): +44 20 7504 8672
Fax: (UK): +44 870 762 5487
电子邮箱： [电子邮件保护]
去这里 to add a comment to the website article. Hurry.
One last assignment:
Make sure feckless State Department apologists hear from you. Will they “engage in dialogue” with our “friends” in 迪拜 and defend our troops against the lie?
主要地址：
美国国务院
西北C街2201号
华盛顿，直流20520
主配电盘：
202-647-4000
TTY：
1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay Service)
Hat tip: Ben Shapiro and Spiritbuilders
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Update: Thanks to everyone who wrote, called, and e-mailed. The photo has been changed.
Reader Brian notes:
The caption has not changed. They have also posted at the end of the article the following:
Al Jazeera Magazine’s editorial team deeply regrets and apologizes for the previous mistake of publishing a wrong picture for this story.
Al Jazeera also removed most of the comments that appeared in the original
version of the article, many of which were highly critical of it and called AJ to
task for the fudged photos.
Bottom feeders.
