Gray Lady Has a Photo Problem

The NY Times, still obsessing about the events at Grab Abu prison, ran yet another story, this time purporting to identify the guy in the famous photo of the guy standing on the bucket with his arms outstretched - sort of the liberal version of the crucifix. Oops (from Special Report):

A U.S. Army spokesman tells FOX News that the man featured in the New York Times as the hooded subject of a now infamous picture from Abu Ghraib prison is not the person in that photo. The Times profile of Ali Shalal Qaissi — which ran on Saturday — highlighted the alleged abuse that he suffered while imprisoned in Iraq.

The Times cited advocacy groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch as sources verifying that Qaissi is the man in the photograph with no verification from the US military. The Army has since contacted The Times to notify them of the mistake. The paper's foreign editor Susan Chira says the Times will now investigate.

I'm not sure Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch would be your best sources for this kind of information. Perhaps they should have checked with someone less biased - like the insurgents.