And the obvious BS caption straight from Kaloogian's website:
We took this photo of downtown Baghdad while we were in Iraq. Iraq (including Baghdad) is much more calm and stable than what many people believe it to be. But, each day the news media finds any violence occurring in the country and screams and shouts about it -- in part because many journalists are opposed to the U.S. effort to fight terrorism.
And now the backtracking from his own website..."my mistake, you caught us lying again".
Downtown Baghdad
We originally posted a photograph not of Baghdad, Iraq but from Istanbul, Turkey where our delegation traveled on the way home to the United States. We apologize for this mistake. We have corrected it with a photograph we took from Baghdad. We took this photo of downtown Baghdad while we were in Iraq
Obvious Reasons why this is not a photo of Iraq at all....
Here's why I think this photo was not taken in Iraq:
1) The signs are all in Roman script. (the signs that read edo, 2.Noter, etc.) Where's the arabic?
2) The couple holding hands in the front, right side of the picture. First, the fact that they are walking down the street holding hands makes me think this is not from Baghdad. Second, look at the woman's top (shirt). It has spaghetti strap sleeves (shoulders exposed) and is awfully tight for Iraq.
Congrats again to the internet blogging community coming together and debunking another obvious conservative Republican attempt to spin lies.
Maybe this is what Kaloogian meant to post (and Gen. JC Christian posted it for him:
Look how nice and calm it is!
Tags: [Howard Kaloogian], [San Diego], [Istanbul], [Bakirkoy], [Kaloogian's "tour" of Baghdad], [Kaloogian claims downtown Baghdad is "calm and secure"], [Democratic Underground], [Patriot Boy's blog], [Kaloogian gets caught using Bakirkoy, Istanbul picture in place of Baghdad picture], [Kaloogian falsely portrays photo of Istanbul suburb as Baghdad]
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