Friday, November 7, 2008

Trying To Cover-Up Kim Jong Il Illness

A new picture was released to prove that Kim Jong Il is healthy and making public appearances
- but look a little closer (Reuters)

Kim Jong Il: Digital Trickery Or An Amazing Recovery From A Stroke? -- Times Online

It was intended to be the photograph that settled the matter once and for all – three months after vanishing from public view, and after reports that he had undergone brain surgery following a stroke, the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, was alive and well. But a close look reveals something shady around the ankles of the world’s last Cold War dictator.

While the legs of his soldiers cast a shadow at a sharp angle, the shadow of the “Dear Leader” is dead straight. Also, there is a black line running horizontally behind the soliders’ legs but which mysteriously disappears behing Mr Kim. Rather than a genuine photograph, there were growing suspicions last night that the image may be the result of digital trickery.

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My Comment: His stroke is probably a very bad one. He has made no appearances with foreigners for two months .... that in itself is not a good sign.

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