A few days ago Rusty from The Jawa Report came across a website that is owned and operated by the Islamic Army of Iraq that purported to have a video of a US Marine telling the viewer how wrong the Iraq war was:
Here are the links offered at a webpage which is run by the Islamic Army in Iraq’s al Boraq Media. The site is composed of materials taken off a flash drive from a Marine, Spc. Lee Tucker, who was allegedly killed in an IED attack, who was also opposed to the war. The webpage is to promote a new propaganda film produced by the Islamic Army in Iraq which is aimed at American audiences.
The video here:
The Islamic Army of Iraq has just released a video that may very well be the most powerful piece of enemy propaganda to emerge from the Iraqi jihadist groups.
The video, entitled Lee’s Life for Lies, is clearly stamped with the Islamic Army in Iraq logo, and purports to tell the story of an American “Marine” who was killed in Iraq in an ambush of his HUMVEE.
The Islamic Army in Iraq is the group that released the two Juba Sniper videos showing American servicemen being shot by the so-called Baghdad Sniper. In fact, some of the scenes used by the Islamic Army in the Juba Sniper 2 video, released in October 2006, are reused in this video.
The video presents a compelling and emotional tale, in a documentary quality production. It claims to use as the basis of its content a flash drive that was found when Army Specialist Lee K. Tucker was killed when his HUMVEE was attacked. It shows the video from his birthday celebration with fellow servicemen in Iraq, as well as many photos of him.
In an attempt to gain credibility, the video shows certificates and awards received by Lee for performance in the military, including an “Outstanding Service Award” from the US Army. (Images of these videos were apparently found on the “flash” drive.)
It then has a voice, that it implies belongs to “Lee”, that reads a letter that he has written home for the holidays where he denounces the war in Iraq. He talks about he and his fellow servicemen committing acts of murder and rape, and discloses rampant drug use. The letter ends with “Lee’s” death.
The Islamic Army of Iraq spokesperson then proceeds to explain the “position” of the Islamic Army in Iraq, and the “difficulties’ the group encounters in discerning those US servicemen who mean no harm to the people of Iraq, and those who do. He explains that they don’t really want to kill Americans.
Then, the spokesman interviews an “anti-war activist” who is identified on the screen as “John Smith” from “New York”. “Smith” explains the anti-war movement position in detail.
There’s one big problem with the video: it’s presented as fact, but it is largely fiction. It’s basically unadulterated hogwash, designed to manipulate both American public opinion and the morale of the US service personnel serving in Iraq.
For starters, Lee K. Tucker was not killed in a HUMVEE attack in Iraq. The US Military confirmed that he’s very much alive. We’ll have more on that shortly. The Islamic Army describes him as a Marine, but the documentation they provide to support this indicates he is in fact in the US Army.
At this point, it appears that the Islamic Army of Iraq managed to get their hands on the “flash drive”, and basically stole the identity of SPC Lee K. Tucker, exploiting it for the creation of this video.
[…]Like they did for the Juba Sniper video, the IAI has set up a special website as well as a blog for this video. The domain, lee-flash.com, is registered to the same individual who is the owner of record for the jubaonline.org, the domain used for the Juba Sniper video.
So not only is the kid not dead, but he is not a Marine nor is he anti-war. He is Army and alive and well at home: (via The Blotter)
But a lot about the video does not add up, including the fact that ABC News found the supposedly dead soldier is "alive and well" and present for duty, according to a U.S. Army spokesman at Fort Campbell, Ky.
His family says he returned from Iraq in May and was with them over the holidays so he would not have been sending any messages home.
[…]Tucker’s mother Pam of Fort Worth, Texas, told ABC News that Tucker is not anti-war and that he could be returning to Iraq later this year.
Rusty also points out that there are many links to our favorite screwballs, the anti-war crowd, all over the website:
In fact, near the end of the video a member of al Boraq interviews what it calls an American peace activist named "John Smith" from New York. There is no real difference between what the terrorist interviewer and the anti-war activist believe about the Iraq war. War for oil, imperialism, Zionists, etc.
Also, be sure to check out this webpage full of posters produced by the Islamic Army in Iraq. In addition to poor spelling, you will also notice the uncanny similarity between IAI propaganda and that of Code Pink and other antiwar groups.
Prominent among the links found at the terrorist website?
Code Pink
Golden Star Families for Peace
Bring Them Home Now!
Casey’s Peace Page (Yes, Cindy Sheehan)
United for Peace and Justice
The Guerrero Azteca Project
Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW)
Military Families Speak Out
Mothers Against the Draft
Progressive Democrats of America
Veterans for Peace
Will we see another negotiation in Paris like John Kerry had with our enemy in 1971? Doesn’t seem too far fetched anymore does it? They think so much of Cindy and gang they want to send them internet traffic. I’m betting it makes Cindy feel all warm inside that those who kill our soldiers now link to her organization. Casey would be so proud.
A big question that needs answering is who in the hell narrated this film seeing how he is most certainly western. Rusty points out that a "peace activist" is interviewed for the film:
In fact, near the end of the video a member of al Boraq interviews what it calls an American peace activist named "John Smith" from New York. There is no real difference between what the terrorist interviewer and the anti-war activist believe about the Iraq war. War for oil, imperialism, Zionists, etc.
And I’m betting it’s someone close to this "John", probably a part of his organization.
But whether we find out who narrated this film or not the film itself, along with the website, shows how sophisticated the enemy is using the media. Kinda like a certain story involving six burning Sunni’s. Both the Lee film and the Burning Six story are lies, told for one effect and one effect only. To lower the morale of the American public.
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