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Palestinian Hulk Sighting

Brian C. Ledbetter · Tuesday, May 6. 2008 14:06
I've run across a very interesting celebrity sighting on the Palestinian newswires today:

An unidentified Palestinian, which local sources claim is the Incredible Hulk, threatens complete societal destruction upon the West if they don't immediately comply with Palestinian demands for more geek memorabilia. (Freuders/Albert Q. Photoshop)


Cue: car crash sound effect. At least I get an "F" for e"F"fort, right?

If you want to see the original that spawned this mess, be sure to click on over here. The original caption was:

A Palestinian man shouts as he hold up his empty cooking gas canister as he waits to fill it from a gas station in Gaza May 6, 2008. Gaza has been in the grips of a fuel shortage for weeks, the result of sharp Israeli cutbacks in supplies to the Hamas-controlled territory as well as a strike by an association of Palestinian petrol owners over Israeli supply limits. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)
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Department of Redundancy Department

Brian C. Ledbetter · Monday, April 7. 2008 09:25
Here's a nice example from Reuters, dutifully pointing out the obvious:

Palestinian children hold up a placard reading "Don't kill childhood in Palestine" during a protest against the Israeli army in Gaza April 7, 2008. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)


Oh, and in case you were wondering, this is who killed "childhood in palestine."
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Gaza: Still Ragin' Against Denmark

Brian C. Ledbetter · Monday, February 18. 2008 09:56
As I predicted on Friday, the flames of hatred against Denmark are nowhere near spent at this point. From this morning, we see the peace-loving children jihadist killers of the Palestinian Popular Resistance Committees, raging against Denmark as hard as they can:

Palestinian militants from the Popular Resistance Committees burn a Danish flag during a protest rally in Gaza City, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008. Dozens of militants of the Popular Resistance Committees protested Monday against Danish newspapers reprinting a cartoon lampooning the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)


If this keeps up, Friday is going to be the best day of raaaage (and puppies), ever. Until then, at least we have plenty of the PRC "funneh" beyond the fold.
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Rafah Rioting

Brian C. Ledbetter · Tuesday, January 22. 2008 11:34
Our eternal allies in Egypt seem to have a "slight" problem on their hands:

Palestinian women stand on top of an Egyptian armoured personal carrier after they stormed the Rafah border crossing with Egypt January 22, 2008. Dozens of Palestinian protesters stormed the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on Tuesday, pushing past Egyptian riot policemen, live television footage showed. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)


I'm tracking the photos beyond the fold. Continue reading »
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When In A Pinch

Brian C. Ledbetter · Monday, December 31. 2007 09:49
Don't have any of the recently-deceased handy in order to host yet another dramatic, media-driven funeral? Don't let that stop you:

Palestinians carry an empty coffin during a mock funeral for Palestinian prisoners who died in an Israeli prison December 31, 2007. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)
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Etiquette Guide to Appropriate Dress

Brian C. Ledbetter · Wednesday, December 19. 2007 09:49
Here's the proper way to dress at a funeral:

A Palestinian militant takes part in the funeral of Islamic Jihad militants in Gaza December 18, 2007. Israel killed at least 13 Palestinian militants in air strikes in the Gaza Strip that marked on Tuesday its most deadly military response in months to frequent rocket attacks from the Hamas-controlled territory. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)
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Becoming a Part of the Story

Brian C. Ledbetter · Tuesday, October 2. 2007 13:26
REUTERS photographer Mohammed Salem was caught in the crossfire between Israeli soldiers and a pack of rampaging Palestinians this morning. While he wasn't killed, he does appear to be in quite a bit of pain—I hope you have a speedy recovery, Mohammed!

Palestinian Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem, bottom left, is carried by his colleagues after being shot by the Israeli army, while covering the Israeli prisoner release at the Erez crossing in the Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007. When dozens of ecstatic family members rushed toward the freed prisoners as they came through the Erez border crossing, Israeli soldiers briefly opened fire, wounding two people, witnesses said. Palestinian medical officials said the two, including a photographer for the Reuters news agency, were moderately wounded. (AP Photo)


As an aside, I want to make it immediately clear that it can not be determined whether Mohammed was shot by the IDF or not at this point—Just because the IDF was "involved" in this incident does not imply that it was the only group with guns on the scene. After all—Palestinians would never endanger civilians, would they? Continue reading »
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