Bryan has a few updates. First of all, here’s the picture brought up today:

Remember, the caption claimed those bullets (which are not spent) were picked up by the women after they “hit” her house.

Now, SnappedShot has this picture from July:

With the caption:

Baghdad, IRAQ: An Iraqi elderly woman inspects a bullet which she says hit her bed during an alleged overnight raid by US and Iraqi troops in Baghdad’s impoverished district of Sadr City, 10 July 2007. Residents said two people were killed and four wounded during the raid. AFP PHOTO/WISSAM AL-OKAILI (Photo credit should read WISSAM AL-OKAILI/AFP/Getty Images)

Same woman? Potentially. Take note of the similar facial features, similar story, same agency (AFP), and it’s by the same photographer – Wissam Al-Okaili.

Whether it’s the same woman or not, both stories are equally wrong. Or, we’ve discovered the “magic bullet” which can be fired without using gun powder or getting damaged.

Jim Hoft contacted a recent graduate of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Firearm Instructor Training program. According to him, the marks on the bullet in the second picture indicate it has never been fired. Apparently, the lines on the bullet are horizontal. When a shotgun fires these bullets, it leaves behind diagonal groves, while leaving the barrel.

Bryan’s contacted AFP’s photo department to see if this can be sorted out.