FALLUJAH (November 20, 2004) - A sensational development late Friday evening has added a new twist to the shooting incident in Fallujah. CBS News just issued a statement claiming that they are in possession of a second tape of this shooting, which involved a US Marine and a wounded Iraqi terrorist. It was thought until today that the only videotape of this incident was captured by NBC photographer Kevin Sites. CBS News did not reveal how the new tape was obtained, but insisted that its authenticity was beyond any possible doubt.
According to a CBS News spokesperson, the new videotape will be broadcasted on "60 Minutes" this Sunday, and is about three minutes longer than the NBC tape. It showed the same incident but from the opposite angle, most likely from a spider hole, deep inside the room where the incident took place. The CBS tape even captured the scene when the first Marines were entering the room with NBC's Kevin Sites following them. These details fueled the speculations that the new tape was made by someone embedded with the terrorist group.
A source close to Mr. Dan Rather of CBS News indicated that this tape was probably filmed by Michael Moore, who had emigrated to Iraq after the election in early November. Mr Moore has been reportedly embedded with Zarqawi's Uday Martyr Brigade since the begin of the battle for Fallujah. Mr. Dan Rather, who will present this new videotape on CBS "60 Minutes" this Sunday, refused to confirm this speculation. He simply indicated that Mr. Michael Moore was obviously "too fat" to fit in the spider hole.
As expected, the blogger community has quickly reacted to this development. Several wellknown blogs like Powerline, Instapundit, Free Republic, Little Green Footballs, told reporters that they have already assembled an army of "experienced imaging experts" to instantly analyze the CBS News video and check for fraudulent special effects as soon as it is broadcasted.
