I’m Sorry; I’m Not Buying AP’s Explanation of the Burning Six Until …..

d….. they publish the names of the Burning Six victims.

I mentioned this strange lack of detail earlier today. This cannot possibly be an unreasonable request. If they exist, they have names.

Michelle Malkin just made another observation in an update at her post — AP isn’t even showing pictures of the bodies. Is it because they can’t? The pic they’re using isn’t even of any of the alleged victims!

AP, it’s time to put up, or shut up. Names. NOW.

ALSO: Actual relatives would be a bonus. Spare me “afraid to talk” line. Not ALL would be afraid to talk. Where the bleep are they?

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UPDATE, Nov. 29: Flopping Aces notes some geographic issues (start at “UPDATE V 1130hrs PST”).

UPDATE 2, Nov. 29: “Mr. Desperation,” John Daniszewski, has an intersting history of bias in Middle East reporting himself (here and here) while he was at the (natch) Los Angeles Times. Do you really need to ask what direction it’s in?

UPDATE 3, Nov. 29: One Identified (last para; HT Flopping Aces) –

One witness said he and other people from the neighborhood took the six immolation victims to the Sunni cemetery near Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib suburb and buried them after the gunbattle. That witness said one of the victims was the Mustafa mosque muezzin or prayer caller, Ahmed al-Mashadani. He did not know the names of the five others, but said they were all members of the al-Mashadani tribe.

UPDATE 4: Go here for Nov. 29 evening status.