Associated Press Releases Photos of August 4th Kashgar Attack
As usual, after the numerous attacks that occured in the weeks leading up to the Olympics, it was noted by many that government provided no solid proof of the attacks, resulting in speculation that some or all of the stories coming out of Xinjiang could have been exagerrated of fabricated to play up the terrorist threat and to justify the subsequent crackdown.
Interestingly, buried in the swelling posts on the anticipated post-Olympic crackdown was an AP article covering the same topic yet incredibly also included quite graphic pictures allegedly depicting the aftermath of the attack. While at this day and age a picture can no longer immediately count as evidence, these pictures are quite convincing. I’ll let them speak for themselves:
And there you have it. As can be seen in the second picture, this location is indeed in front of the Yiquan Hotel (see movie in this post), the place where the attack is said to have occurred, and the utter carnage is quite plain. In the second picture we apparently can see the dump truck used during the attack, burrowed into the entrance of the hotel which is now famously tarped over. Where these pictures came from (I’m guessing crime scene photographer or passerby with cellphone), how they became public (leaked), and why AP journalist William Foreman decided to tack them onto an article on a less relevant topic rather than making his own sensational article all about it, these are the questions of the moment.
Cannot see any pools of blood or marks on the corpses. Maybe the photos don’t have enough detail
No, look at the corpse on the right in the first photo, there’s a blood trail from his former face. It looks like he slid or was dragged by the truck.
I think the reason why it wasn’t it’s own story is because it’s 3 week old news.
Well, the news that there is photographic evidence wasn’t three weeks old, and the existence of photos was a newsworthy story in and of itself due to the controversy over the government not releasing any evidence of the attack (now there is evidence, albeit not released by the government). And point in case: it did become its own story, on the New York Times no less.
Here is an article showing the current thinking of the PRC policy makers in Xinjiang:
http://www.eynek.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=56
Unfortunately, the article is in Uyghur. But I think one of you should be able to read it. I’ll try to find the original Chinese version.
[...] the recent rash of violence in Xinjiang, and with the ParaOlympics under the careful watch of Lele the Psychedelic Rainbow Cow, [...]
damn…
[...] a month ago, the Associated Press released 3 photos depicting the aftermath of the August 4th attack in Kashgar. The official version of events first [...]
This is not surprising considering how CCP fabricates complete lies to justify their own brutal crackdown on so called “terrorists” ethnic minorities. The massive Lhasa protest in March is considered to be orchestrated by CCP officials. http://en.epochtimes.com/news/8-3-29/67906.html
First and third photo shows a cap on the floor that has a distinctive female style to it.
I think some of the Police Officers were women.
I was also an eyewitness together with my wife and 4 friends, staying in the same hotel; I’ve talked with AFP reporter next morning and have been quoted widely in the news after this event. I have two photos made of the scene. Although the whole event was very confusing – terrorists have been running around in police uniforms at high speed, cutting policemen using matchets – official reports have been fairly accurate, with 16 people dead and several critically wounded.
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