Palestinian propagandist “Green Helmet Guy”, whose photos depicting him carrying the corpse of a child went viral during the July 2006 war in Lebanon, has resurfaced.
Playing a prominent role in proven bogus pictures in the aftermath of the July 30, 2006 raid on Qana where he seemed to be on the payroll of Hezbollah, the corpse-bearing photo of “Green Helmet Guy”, aka “Mr. Green Helmet” is now being used to disseminate Hamas propaganda.
YouTube can now be added to Green Helmet Guy’s propaganda arsenal.
In a YouTube entitled “Ahmed Hamdy Singing for Ghazah,
here Green Helmet Guy is holding up the corpse of the same child he held up two years ago in Lebanon. It is unlikely that singer Ahmed Hamdy knows his singing is being used to promote propaganda via YouTube.
Graphic photos of Palestinian victims, many of them dead or mortally wounded children, appear in the YouTube with Hamdy’s voice singing in the background. The YouTube, which includes messages written in Arabic, was put together by Mohamed Ibrahim.
Green Helmet Guy was caught red-handed when bloggers spotted him in the aftermath of the raid on Qana as a “rescue worker” who seemed to parade around with the corpse of a child for protracted periods of time.
“Many bloggers speculated that he is, in fact, a Hezbollah “set designer” and media relations officer whose job is to milk maximum propaganda value from each photo opportunity, with the cooperation of willing photographers, who must witness his shenanigans in person, but not report on them.” ([url=http://www.zombietime.com]http://www.zombietime.com[/url]).
Canada Free Press (CFP) was sent the YouTube on an email list that included info@radioislam,com. CFP’s IT expert Brian Thompson recognized Green Helmet Guy when checking to see what was on the video.
The photos from Qana and Gaza are a perfect match.
During the Qana aftermath, the blog
EU Referendum had the most complete photo series compilation, showing that each image individually might be accepted as an unopposed authentic news photo, but that when one considers all the photos taken that day by Reuters, AP and Agence France Presse, it becomes obvious that the entire scene was some kind of gruesome theater performance, apparently with actors posing as rescue workers parading around with a few corpses, seemingly posing for the cameras instead of evacuating the bodies as humanely and efficiently as possible.
“However on August 9, the ruse was completely unmasked by the TV newsmagazine “Zapp” on the German NDR television network, which aired video of Green Helmet Guy acting as a movie director and staging propaganda photos and videos while pretending to be a rescue worker. After the video was posted online, most leading bloggers (such as
Little Green Footballs) felt the evidence was now absolutely conclusive that Hezbollah was staging most of the imagery coming out of Lebanon.
“The German news site Bild uncovered pictures of Green Helmet Guy staging similar gruesome propaganda shots in 1996, as the
Jawa Report noted, proving he’s been at this business for quite some time.”
“Incredibly, in response to the initial questions about the Qana pictures, Reuters issued a statement that completely denied any of its photos were staged, stating, “Reuters and other news organisations reviewed those images and have all rejected allegations that the photographs were staged.” But their denial has fallen on deaf ears in the blogosphere, as more and more seemingly staged photos are discovered every day.
Hatred towards Israel in Lebanon, fomenting since the 2006 war between Lebanon and Israel, has reached fever pitch.
Protests against Israeli attacks on Gaza have been held over the New Year’s weekend in Beirut, New York, London, Cairo, San Francisco, Athens Paris and Baghdad.
Protesters have hit the streets waving “Nuke Israel!” and “Death to Israel” signs in many of the world’s capital cities, with hundreds of more protests expected this weekend.
“MSNBC reports that in Beirut, Lebanon, Hezbollah supporters thronged south Beirut in support of Hamas. Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, urges the Lebanese to support Hamas and declared Monday a day of mourning to show solidarity with Gaza. This certainly seems to support rumors that Hezbollah may be aiding Hamas by supplying arms, financing and terrorists.” ([url=http://www.associatedcontent.com]http://www.associatedcontent.com[/url], Dec. 29, 2008.)
Meanwhile, it seems that Hezbollah and Hamas share the same propagandists to advance their hatred of Israel and are willing to defraud the public and media in reaching their goal.
Judi McLeod——
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-- Judi McLeod, Founder, Owner and Editor of Canada Free Press, is an award-winning journalist with more than 30 years’ experience in the print and online media. A former Toronto Sun columnist, she also worked for the Kingston Whig Standard. Her work has appeared throughout the ‘Net, including on Rush Limbaugh and Fox News.
