[lit-ideas] Yet another failed propaganda moment
- From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:57:30 -0400
Remember the Sesame Street Ernie clumsily photoshopped into
the Pakistan protest picture of Bin Laden?
If you want to accuse people of planting an image of Jesus
to mock your Islamic faith, it helps if you have ... an
image of Jesus.
Why is 'Buddy Jesus' in Iraq?
October 2, 2006
BY QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi troops backed by American military
advisers arrested a suspected Shiite militiaman Saturday,
but a gunbattle at his house left a woman and a girl dead,
Iraqi police said.
Afterward, angry men at the scene held up a color photo of a
smiling, winking Jesus giving a "thumbs up" that they said
was left by troops at the raided house -- an allegation
denied by U.S. and Iraqi officials.
The photo, known as the "Buddy Christ," is from the movie
"Dogma," a 1999 religious satire in which "Buddy Christ" is
part of a church campaign to improve Jesus' image.
U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Barry Johnson said the
photo was a ''rather ridiculous attempt'' to discredit the
raid. It was unclear how it ended up at the site in
Baghdad's Shiite stronghold of Sadr City.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/79604,CST-NWS-iraq02.article
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