AL-AP at it again with staged photos.

"Here is a perfect example of staging. Notice this car has a wall-hanging positioned on the door. An Arabic reader tells me this board has verses from the Koran on it. Because Islam does not allow for images of the Prophet Mohammed, Muslims use verses to adorn their homes the same way some Christians use paintings of Jesus. If you want to make the argument that this wall-hanging got where it is by chance, then feel free, or you can just acknowledge what anybody with two brains cells to rub together can see, the board was placed there for the photo.

Here is the caption.

Lebanese men stand as civil defense rescuers, unseen, work to recover the bodies of citizens believed to be trapped under debris and concrete of destroyed buildings, attacked late Monday by Israeli forces, in the southern Beirut suburb of Chiah, Lebanon, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. The raid on the Muslim southern suburb next to a Christian neighborhood killed at least 15 people, police officials said. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis).

Here is another image of the same car without the Islamic verses.

Here is the caption.

A Lebanese civilian stands next to a wrecked car August 8, 2006 as he watches rescue works at the site of yesterday's Israeli strike on Chiyah, a residential neighbourhood. Police confirmed 13 people were killed and scores wounded after a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard (LEBANON)

As you can see, the religious paraphernalia was not included in the Reuters shot, but it was in the AP photo. Looks like Reuters might have learned the lesson of photo shopping stringers and the AP hasn't. The only possible reason for the Islamic verses to be placed as they were was to inflame Islamic passions. The symbolism is clear, Israel is trying to destroy Islam. And nobody would reasonable argue the verses landed in that position from the blast (notice I said reasonably). So this photographer had to know this was a set up most likely by Hizbollah and took the photo for the symbolism it would invoke. And AP was happy to publish this propaganda for hizbollah. "

Do Ray Robison.