Boxer-Briefs-Gate

Oops, somebody let those Bush Family heirloom photos of Saddam in his Fruit'o-the-Looms out to the "British press," who ran with it despite their fear of the photos being supplied from an "unrealiable source."

And, in the running for the most tasteless headline which calls for a political investigation, Yahoo! News breaks the story [after The Sun "broke" the story]:

The imprisoned former Iraqi leader appeared on the front of the Sun, naked except for a pair of white briefs and holding a pair of trousers in his hand.

The Sun quoted U.S. military sources as saying they had handed over the pictures "in the hope of dealing a body blow to the resistance in Iraq."

Other photographs showed Saddam, with short, dyed-black hair and a mustache, washing clothes by hand and asleep on his bed.

The photos later appeared in the New York Post. Both papers are owned by Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch.

aaahhh HA! We relaible sources here at The AntiCentenarian are Shocked and Awed that the owner of Fox News feels the need to publish these scandalous shots of Saddam's skivvies! Of course they're trying to break the morale of the resistence. When taking and publishing nude-prisoner photos is proven a very bad idea in one incarnation, leave it up to Murdoch to give it another shot anyway.

Anybody who thinks Bush's "full probe" is going to press very hard would be encouraged to bulk up their cycnicism and step into reality on this one. The Sun and NY Post, after all, are reputable news sources, unlike that sleazy Newsweek.

[Sorry kids, no free peaks here! You'll have to buy or register to view Murdoch's pervy obsession. ]

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UPDATE
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"I don't think a photo inspires murderers," Bush said.

The photos, published in British and American newspapers, prompted an angry U.S. military to launch an investigation; The Red Cross said the pictures may violate the Geneva Conventions.

"These people are motivated by a vision of the world that is backward and barbaric," Bush told reporters in the Oval Office where he met with the prime minister of Denmark, Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

Bush was briefed by senior aides Friday morning about the photos' existence, and "strongly supports the aggressive and thorough investigation that is already under way" that seeks to find who took them, White House press spokesman Trent Duffy said.

The White House declined to say what decisions news organizations should make about disseminating the photos. "That's your job," he said.