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Apeman81 · Jun 15, 2006, 05:47 pm

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,199205,00.html

Time Magazine has said it obtained videotape, shot by a "budding journalism student" at the scene of the alleged massacre of Iraqi civilians in Haditha, from an Iraqi affiliate of the international group Human Rights Watch.

But in a subsequent online correction, Time admits that the organization that gave them the tape, the Hammurabi Human Rights Group, has no ties to Human Rights Watch whatsoever.

What the magazine did not acknowledge is that the man behind the video is not a budding journalism student, but 43-year-old, Thaer Thabit al-Hadithi, who created the Hammurabi group last year and serves as one of its two employees.

Hadithi says he made the tape the day after witnessing part of the incident last November, but did not say why he waited four months before handing telling anyone about it.
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Something to consider when leaping to conclusions

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Apeman81 Hot Lava Posts: 1,302	Questions Surround Source of Videotape of Haditha Aftermath http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,199205,00.html Time Magazine has said it obtained videotape, shot by a "budding journalism student" at the scene of the alleged massacre of Iraqi civilians in Haditha, from an Iraqi affiliate of the international group Human Rights Watch. But in a subsequent online correction, Time admits that the organization that gave them the tape, the Hammurabi Human Rights Group, has no ties to Human Rights Watch whatsoever. What the magazine did not acknowledge is that the man behind the video is not a budding journalism student, but 43-year-old, Thaer Thabit al-Hadithi, who created the Hammurabi group last year and serves as one of its two employees. Hadithi says he made the tape the day after witnessing part of the incident last November, but did not say why he waited four months before handing telling anyone about it. __________________________________________________________________________ Something to consider when leaping to conclusions