10/07/2008
With commendable speed,
Little Green Footballs is on the case, pointing out that at least one of the missile photographs released by the Iranians has been photoshopped â with liberal use of the "clone" tool.
Funny enough, that is precisely the photograph that
The Daily Telegraph - one of the many newspapers which walked into
Qanagate, eyes wide shut - has used in its print edition, to illustrate
its story. However, the text by Caroline Wheeler is very guarded: "Nine missiles were
reported fired â¦" and, "The launch included a
reportedly improved Shahab-3 missile â¦".
I am minded of the epic 60's TV series, the "Telegoons". There was one famous episode when Neddy wanted to rob a bank but did not have a gun. In a hilarious sequence, he took along a colour photograph of a gun ⦠and the bank gave him a colour photograph of some money!
One suspects that the Israelis might have something more in mind than colour photographs of some F-15s, and will not be photoshopping them to multiply their effect. And nor will they be content with colour photographs of bomb craters.
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