Tuesday, May 03, 2011

Bin Laden Death Photo: Well, At Least This One Doesn't Look Fake

O.G. relays this photo of what is presumed to be UBL's carcass before it was dispatched to the deep.

I can't verify its authenticity but, then again, I can't not verify its authenticity either. The most recent Drudge flash casts doubt, stating: "The images, being described as 'graphic', are bound to stir emotions in the east and the west, and will likely become the most viewed photographs in modern history... One image shows a bullet wound to his head above his left eye. "

Update: O.G. observes that this photo matches the description "if it's flipped, dumbass."

Ooooooh.


8 comments:

vanderleun said...

Rotate to the horizontal.

Shayne said...

I don't know if this is real. From what I heard, the bullet over the left eye "blew part of his brain away." It looks pretty intact to me. In addition, this picture isn't all that disturbing.

Serr8d said...

I'm not buying that one either.

Next!

the botnet said...

There is an entry wound below the mandible on the left, presume exit at the right squamosal suture.

The nasal bridge appears broken.

There is also an entry wound below left clavicle, exit through right.

rkinkead11 said...

Flipped? There's a buttonhole on his left collar, where it ought to be, unless Moslem garment makers custom-made his fatigue jacket backwards, like the koran.

Thanks for this link, iOTW.

Jody said...

TOTAL FAKE! FAIL! Look around the edge of the beard, it is curiously lighter that the rest of the photo. This was a good try, however even an untrained eye can see that this is a fake.

Anonymous said...

Haha, not as fake as the first one, but this photo... look at the "glow" around the beard, and this isn't too shocking compared to some things our own government has released, but still, the beard is fake, so this whole photo must be fake.

TheShirtGuy said...

First off, it looks like Danny Devito. Second there's a Halo Outer Glow effect around the Beard. Third, You can see the Beard has been laid over the top of the Base image. Very Bad Photoshop Job.