What is indisputable, I think, is that 1) Hajj sent Reuters photos of two obviously different scenes on different roads, saying that both were the aftermath of Israel's bombing of Qasmiya bridge, and Reuters apparently didn't notice; and 2) the bridge photos were staged, with Hajj's subjects running to and fro for his benefit, well after the bombing took place.
I think his photos prove his first point. And I think I've found a photo that proves the second. Note Hajj's calim is that the men in his photo are running just after the attack on the bridge. In this photo you can clearly see one of the men, seen running in Hajj's photos, calling out to the photographer who took the picture. The photographer is on the other side of the bombed out bridge. Notice the crowd of people in the background. Hajj was on that side of the bridge taking his photos and clearly had a cast of characters to call upon in order to stage his shots. Here's the photo showing the reverse angle of Powerline's Hajj photos.
Here's another photo from across the bombed out bridge. This one is attributed to REUTERS/Kamel Jaber. There is no attribute to the first one but it too was probably taken by Jaber. Here's that photo. Note the original is a bitmap and I had to convert it to jpeg so blogger would post it.
I'd say the first one proves Hajj staged the events. That being the case, shouldn't the media investigate bloggers claims that other such events have been staged?
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