Snapped Shot: Humanizing the Unhuman

July 16th, 2007

From Snapped Shot. This pictures comes at you from the Associated Press:

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The caption reads: Palestinian Zakareia Zubaidi, a local leader of Al-Aqsa martyrs brigades, poses for a picture in an undisclosed location in the West Bank town of Jenin Saturday July, 14 2007. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Charles Johnson writes:

What the Associated Press isn’t telling you about Zubaidi: those little black specks all over his face are powder burns from close proximity to numerous explosions. Let’s give them a state!

This isn’t the first time the Associated Press has attempted to humanize terrorists. Here are some more, again courtesy of Snapped Shot:

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Palestinian Zakareia Zubaidi, a local leader of Al-Aqsa martyrs brigades, smiles as he holds his daughter in an undisclosed location in the West Bank town of Jenin Saturday July, 14 2007. Scores of Fatah militants in the West Bank have signed a pledge renouncing attacks against Israel in return for an Israeli promise to stop pursuing them, a Palestinian security official said. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Palestinian Zakareia Zubaidi, a local leader of Al-Aqsa martyrs brigades, talks to a colleague in the West Bank town of Jenin, Sunday, July 15, 2007. Scores of Fatah militants in the West Bank have signed a pledge renouncing attacks against Israel in return for an Israeli promise to stop pursuing them, a Palestinian security official said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

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Palestinian militant Bassam Abu Serayeh, 32, from the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a group linked to the Fatah Movement, walks with his daughter Heba, 3, in the West Bank city of Nablus Sunday, July 15, 2007. Scores of Fatah militants in the West Bank have signed a pledge renouncing attacks against Israel in return for an Israeli promise to stop pursuing them, a Palestinian security official said Sunday. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Palestinian militants Bassem, 32, and Alaa Hamuda, 22, from the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a group linked to the Fatah Movement, light a cigarette as they walk in the Old City of the West Bank city of Nablus Sunday 15 July 2007. Scores of Fatah militants in the West Bank have signed a pledge renouncing attacks against Israel in return for an Israeli promise to stop pursuing them, a Palestinian security official said Sunday. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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