IDF "Gaza Flotilla Weapons" Photos From 2006/03?
Date and Time (Original): 2006:02:07 04:49:57
Date and Time (Digitized): 2006:02:07 04:49:57
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Update: This photo and this one, time-stamped '2006' and '2010' appear to both contain the same saw/grinder, which supports the explanation that the discrepancy is due to incorrect date settings on the cameras.
Update: This photo and this one, time-stamped '2006' and '2010' appear to both contain the same saw/grinder, which supports the explanation that the discrepancy is due to incorrect date settings on the cameras.
Animated GIF at right shows part of both photos, with one distorted to reflect the changed camera angle.
In both 'old' cameras the date stamp corresponds to the year of the camera's release.]
Claims by the Israeli Defence Force* that photos show items found on board the attacked Gaza flotilla are inconsistent with data recorded by the cameras in
some of the image files.
Photos uploaded to the IDF "Weapons found on Mavi Marmara - a set on Flickr" photoset on flickr. Flickr allows users to see original file data, including the date taken, through a 'more details'
link.
In several significant cases these dates do not match the alleged timeline or the date the uploader asserts the photo
was taken.
Images such as this one of telescopic equipment, this one of red-crescent marked bullet-proof vests and this angle grinder are date-stamped 2006:02:07 and as taken with a Nikon D2Xs. Photos of pepper spray are marked as being taken by a Pentax Optio 550 on 2003:01:01.
Other images including those of metal bars known to have been used in the fighting, slingshots and other items that are arguable normal shipboard equiptment (including knives), are stamped as being taken on the 31st of May or 1st June this year with other cameras. Some
similar images do not display these details.
A note on flicker reads:
What is EXIF data?
Almost all new digital cameras save JPEG (jpg) files with EXIF (Exchangeable Image File) data. Camera settings and scene
information are recorded by the camera into the image file. Examples of stored information are shutter speed, date and
time, focal length, exposure compensation, metering pattern and if a flash was used.
Source: Digicamhelp.
It is possible for cameras to have incorrect date settings, but in the circumstances Scoop would think it is not likely in the circumstances.
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Note: The IDF statement linked above has been amended. It previously began: "On board the Mavi Marmara ship that arrived as
part of the flotilla to Gaza was a group of approximately 40 people with no identification papers, who are mercenaries
belonging to the Al Qaeda terror organization. This was disclosed by the Israeli Security Cabinet, which gathered on
Tuesday evening (June 1) for a special meeting."
This is reflected in the title of the webpage which remains "Attackers of the IDF soldiers are Al Qaeda mercenaries" at
the time of writing.