Baghdad or Turkey? - Baghdad photo scandal discovered - US San Diego Republican Howard Kaloogian exposed
Howard Kaloogian a Republican who is running for Senate in the US was under fire for publishing a web photo which was portrayed as being a picture of himself in a peaceful Baghdad suburb, but the picture was actually taken in Istanbul. The photo which appeared on the congressional candidate, Howard Kooligian's website had the caption "We took this photo of Baghdad while we were in Iraq. Iraq is much more calm and stable than what many people believe it to be. It looked too good to be true and some Intelligent folks on the internet collectively pooled their skepticism and wondered if the photo was a fake. Clues cited include the lack of Arabic on the signs, the bare-shouldered woman in the foreground, and a taxicab that didn't match Iraqi taxi colors.
After some virtual collaboration from eagle-eyed skeptics, the real location of the photograph was identified less than 24 hours later as Bakirkoy, Istanbul. Someone even took a photograph of the same intersection for comparison. Let us hear it for the Internet.
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