"Lcpl Boudreaux killed my dad then he knocked up my sister!"

Alerter_

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Fri May-14-04 11:09 AM
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"Lcpl Boudreaux killed my dad then he knocked up my sister!"

Edited on Fri May-14-04 11:46 AM by Alerter_

Thumbs up signs. I wonder if pictures like these were used to gather intelligence too?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,117137,00.html

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uncle ray

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Fri May-14-04 11:16 AM
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1. dunno but glad somebody brought up this pic

it could probably use another look in light of the worse more recent pics. more specifically, this pic, and the other one, he saved my dad...etc. as i recall, it was kind of settled that the knocked up one was first, and the saved one was a slow reacting coverup, kind of interesting in light of recent stuff. remember how many people said no way could that first pic be real? no soldier would say something like that! or so they thought.

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karabekian

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Fri May-14-04 11:17 AM
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2. I am pretty sure that the sign was photo shopped

thought I read that somewhere.

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Alerter_

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Fri May-14-04 11:26 AM
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3. that's what they said about the torture photos

in fact FOX has had lots of clips about photo altering and how easy it is. Looks like it's desperate spin now doesn't it?

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Poiuyt

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Fri May-14-04 11:34 AM
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4. I've seen several different versions of the same picture.

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GiovanniC

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Fri May-14-04 11:36 AM
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6. The Killed/Knocked Up

Was first. The others are VERY ROUGH Photoshop jobs.

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Alerter_

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Fri May-14-04 11:45 AM
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8. this version is the first that appeared on the internet

within 24 hours there was another pictures, with a different quotation on the sign. Now, there are more than a dozen version - but this was the first that showed up.

I have no idea if this picture is "real" or "fake" but just consider the timing.

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Caution

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Fri May-14-04 11:34 AM
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5. This photo has been photoshopped a million times

and in fact there is now a web program you where you can add anything you like to it.

http://www.ryano.net/iraq

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Borknagar

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Fri May-14-04 11:38 AM
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7. hmmm, i've seen

I've seen a variation of that and it is photoshopped. On the one I saw it said "Longhorns are gay" or "Longhorns are sissies." It was something like that.

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JohnLocke

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Fri May-14-04 11:45 AM
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9. Ehem.

http://www.ryano.net/iraq/?663506

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Alerter_

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Fri May-14-04 11:52 AM
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10. the message itself is not the relevant part

The fact this picture came out with an inflammatory message just a few weeks before the torture pictures came out - and the same "Thumbs Up" and smiling for the camera - is the relevant part. We know this message was the first one to show up. Whether it's photoshopped or not is irrelevant at this point.

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ramblin_dave

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Fri May-14-04 11:55 AM
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11. Read what Snopes.com has to say

here:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/boudreaux.asp

Boudreaux could not be reached for comment. His commander during the 3/23rd's Iraq mission, Lt. Col. David Couvillon, called the photo a sophomoric attempt at humor.

"Look, he didn't actually do what that sign says," Couvillon said. "This is stupid, lance corporal stuff that he thought was cute. But it's not, and I was informed the commandant of the Marine Corps had it and the Marine Corps will deal with this."

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stopbush

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Fri May-14-04 12:23 PM
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12. Boudreaux says it's a hoax. He was on TV the other night

(Nightline?) and said that he has received death threats over this photoshop hoax.

I'll see if I can find a link.

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