[punky]

Well, if they were, whoever did it has already won, and it is going to result in a huge amount of bloodshed. People believe what they want to believe, and now the pictures of out, even if some anti-war group admit to staging them, the arab world won't care - they'd still think it's genuine, and react accordingly. I do think it is good that the possibilty of these being fakes is being given serious consideration.