By Reuters

WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF DEATH AND INJURY BELOW

"Reuters" -- Photographs acquired by Reuters and taken about an hour after the U.S. assault on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan show three dead men lying in pools of blood, but no weapons.

The photos, taken by a Pakistani security official who entered the compound after the early morning raid on Monday, show two men dressed in traditional Pakistani garb and one in a t-shirt, with blood streaming from their ears, noses and mouths.

The official, who wished to remain anonymous, sold the pictures to Reuters.

None of the men looked like bin Laden. President Barack Obama decided not to release photos of his body because it could have incited violence and used as an al Qaeda propaganda tool, the White House said on Wednesday.

Based on the time-stamps on the pictures, the earliest one was dated May 2, 2:30 a.m., approximately an hour after the completion of the raid in which bin Laden was killed.

Other photos, taken hours later at between 5:21 a.m. and 6:43 a.m. show the outside of the trash-strewn compound and the wreckage of the helicopter the United States abandoned. The tail assembly is unusual, and could indicate some kind of previously unknown stealth capability.

Reuters is confident of the authenticity of the purchased images because details in the photos appear to show a wrecked helicopter from the assault, matching details from photos taken independently on Monday.

U.S. forces lost a helicopter in the raid due to a mechanical problem and later destroyed it.

The pictures are also taken in sequence and are all the same size in pixels, indicating they have not been tampered with. The time and date in the photos as recorded in the digital file's metadata match lighting conditions for the area as well as the time and date imprinted on the image itself.

The close-cropped pictures do not show any weapons on the dead men, but the photos are taken in medium close-up and often crop out the men's hands and arms.

One photo shows a computer cable and what looks like a child's plastic green and orange water pistol lying under the right shoulder of one of the dead men. A large pool of blood has formed under his head.

A second shows another man with a streak of blood running from his nose across his right cheek and a large band of blood across his chest.

A third man, in a T-shirt, is on his back in a large pool of blood which appears to be from a head wound.

U.S. acknowledgment on Tuesday that bin Laden was unarmed when shot dead had raised accusations Washington had violated international law. The exact circumstances of his death remained unclear and could yet fuel controversy, especially in the Muslim world.

Pakistan faced national embarrassment, a leading Islamabad newspaper said, in explaining how the world's most-wanted man was able to live for years in the military garrison town of Abbottabad, just north of the capital.

Pakistan blamed worldwide intelligence lapses for a failure to detect bin Laden, while Washington worked to establish whether its ally had sheltered the al Qaeda leader, which Islamabad vehemently denies.

(Writing by Chris Allbritton; Editing by Jon Boyle)

The unidentified body of a man is seen after a raid by U.S. Navy SEAL commandos on the compound where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, May 2, 2011. Bin Laden was killed in the U.S. special forces assault on the Pakistani compound, then quickly buried at sea, in a dramatic end to the long manhunt for the al Qaeda leader who had been the guiding star of global terrorism. Picture taken May 2, 2011. REUTERS

The unidentified body of a man is seen after a raid by U.S. Navy SEAL commandos on the compound where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, May 2, 2011. Bin Laden was killed in the U.S. special forces assault on the Pakistani compound, then quickly buried at sea, in a dramatic end to the long manhunt for the al Qaeda leader who had been the guiding star of global terrorism. Picture taken May 2, 2011. REUTERS

The unidentified body of a man is seen after a raid by U.S. Navy SEAL commandos on the compound where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, May 2, 2011. Bin Laden was killed in the U.S. special forces assault on the Pakistani compound, then quickly buried at sea, in a dramatic end to the long manhunt for the al Qaeda leader who had been the guiding star of global terrorism. Picture taken May 2, 2011. REUTERS

The unidentified body of a man is seen after a raid by U.S. Navy SEAL commandos on the compound where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad May 2, 2011. Bin Laden was killed in the U.S. special forces assault on the Pakistani compound, then quickly buried at sea, in a dramatic end to the long manhunt for the al Qaeda leader who had been the guiding star of global terrorism. Picture taken May 2, 2011. REUTERS

Israeli Army clears troops in Reuters cameraman's death

Military advocate general closes investigation into death of Gaza cameraman in April, determines conduct of tank crew that mistakenly identified Fadel Shana as gunman was reasonable.

The 23-year-old Palestinian employed by the British news agency was killed by tank fire while filming Israeli troops on a heavy day of fighting on April 17th.

Mendelblit determined that the conduct of the tank crew, who erroneously identified Shana as an armed gunman, was not out of line with procedure. None of the implicated soldiers will stand trial.

You didn't expect that they will charge anyone with this war crime, did you?
STOP Dreaming Man... this is Israel!

Here are few selected photos from Reuters Pictures of the Year 2007.

2006 was a bad year for Israel PR. They saw the photos of their war crimes during the Lebanon war and war crimes against Palestinians flying all over the world minute by minute and reached everyone's desk. Who can forget scenes of all these massacres and the infamous photos of the Israeli kids and men signing bombs before they are fired on Lebanese kids?

Today, the Zionist propaganda is leading a campaign against a single photo that was selected to be part of Reuters 2007 calendar. Here is the one:

The image which the Zionist are complaining about and saying it is a mistake that should be complaint about and not repeated, is of a Palestinian resistance fighter. The caption of the image is: "A Palestinian militant marches during funerals for Palestinians killed by Israeli troops, in the Maghazi Refugee Camp. The photo was taken by Mohammed Salem."

So what the Zionist are complaining about? They are saying that this photo should not have been published in Reuters calendar because "Why would this image of a militant Palestinian make it through along with peaceful nature and culture images," they claim!

The question is, which peace they are talking about? Is this photo going to ruin the peace process "the Zionist are deeply busy in"? It is clear that the photo hurts the Zionist image because is clearly states the fact that they want to keep hidden.

What we see in this photo is:

• Palestinians are KILLED by Israeli troops;
• Palestinians are not terrorist but they are "militia" fighters (term which I don't agree with fully);
• The caption said "funerals for Palestinians...", which implies that this is not an isolated incident, but a recurring crime conducted by the Israeli "troops";
• Last but not least, the "marches ... in the Maghazi Refugee Camp," which again reinforce the fact that we are in year 2007 and uprooted Palestinians are still living in CAMPS!

In short, it summaries the conflict: "occupation, resistance, refugees, martyrs, camps and war."

It is obvious that the photo is very damaging to Zionist image and PR efforts and uncover the lies that they try to spread day and night over mainstream media.

The campaign which is lead by the well known infamous Zionist tool called, dis-Honest Reporting, is asking its readers and supporters to email the Reuters editor-in-chief and ask him to "censor and photos" that Reuters publish so that it is not "biased" toward the "truth", but should implement a "self-censorship" to remain "biased" towards the "Zionist acceptable image", which means not to show the facts and uncover the crimes of the Zionist movement.

Having said all that, I urge you all reading this to send a smarter email to Reuters editor-in-chief and thank him for publishing the truth and making sure to urge Reuters to show the world the real images of the conflict. Non-biased, is all what we are asking for, just be fair and show the two sides of the coin (of course this is not what the Zionist will ask for because they know that their crimes against humanity is unmatched by numbers and results by any and all the crimes conducted by any other terrorist around the world including but not limited to those who kill the innocent Israeli civilians).

Action: Email Mr. David Schlesinger, Reuters' newly appointed editor-in-chief, and thank him for their continuous great efforts provided by Reuters photo department, who shows unbiased images of the world and increase the organization's credibility among all its readers.

Send your comments to:

simon.walker@reuters.com, yvonne.diaz@reuters.com, ed.williams@reuters.com, eileen.wise@reuters.com, sophie.brendel@reuters.com (Reuters Press and PR Office)

PS. If anyone knows the email of the Photographer (Mohammed Salem), please leave it in the comments section here so that we can send him a "Thank You" letter too!

Please spread the word and republish this by email or in your blog.

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