Re: [A-List] 47, 000 US Troops Called Up For Iraq As FightingContinues, Scandal Worsens

[Richard Menec <menecraj@xxxxxxx>]

They may have received a DOS attack because of the following (I thought the
photos were genuine because of the initial source, and so my apologies for
the
previous post of mine regarding this):

<http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38335>

Bogus GI rape photos used as Arab propaganda

Pictures purporting to be U.S. troops actually taken from porn sites

Posted: May 4, 2004
9:41 a.m. Eastern
World Net Daily

By Sherrie Gossett
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

Graphic photos appearing on Arabic websites of U.S. servicemen raping and
sexually abusing Iraqi women were actually taken from American and
Hungarian pornography sites.

Albasrah.net  <http://www.albasrah.net/> and a Tunisian website produced in
France by Committee for the Defense of Saddam Hussein [Comité de Défonce de
Saddam Hussein En Tunisie]
<http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:qqMDjaJuVh4J:ctdsaddam.i8.com/+&hl=en
>, posted not only the recently broadcast photos of U.S. troops abusing and
humiliating Iraqi prisoners but additional ones of alleged group rape of
women by American soldiers, some who are depicted holding rifles against
their victims' heads.

The Tunisian site described the photos as the "unedited" versions of actual
events and Albasrah ran the photos under the heading "The Abu Ghraib Prison
Photos," indicating they had received the photos via e-mail.

A WND investigation has revealed that most of the photos are taken from the
American pornographic website "Iraq Babes," and the Hungarian site, "Sex in
War," which is linked to by the American site. Both websites are linked to
by violent pornography sites and both describe Iraqi women -- played by
"actresses" -- in vulgar terms.

"Iraq Babes" was created in April 2003 and is registered to Linda MacNew of
MacNew Enterprises, in Hop Bottom, Pa.

MacNew Enterprises also is the registrant of VelocityHosting.com, whose
technical and administrative contacts are Linda and Arthur MacNew.
HotSpotCity.com, which hosts "cheap unrestricted adult XXX porn websites"
is a subsidiary of MacNew Enterprises.

MacNew told WND she hosted the site and that while aware of the content,
she did not know the photos were now being used as anti-coalition
propaganda.

"That's one of our client sites," she said. "If they're legal photos, I
can't just shut them down because of that. I need to investigate this. I
appreciate you letting us know."

When asked who the owner of the site was, MacNew said, "I can't divulge
that."

"Sex in War" was created in May of 2003 and registered to Activ Studio KFT
in Budapest, Hungary, under the name of "Andrea M." Andrea Marchand of
Activ Studio KFT is listed elsewhere as a custodian of age-identification
documents for persons appearing in various sexually explicit images
broadcast over the Internet. Her e-mail address is suffixed to Active Art
Studio, owners of a Parisian website and service that offers video content.

At the time of publication of this report, Marchand could not be reached
for comment.

WND also has not yet received a response from the Committee for the Defense
of Saddam Hussein and Albasrah as to whether they will now remove the
photos from the website and admit they are staged images.
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