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Indeed, there are some quite unscrupulous journalists, and one must be careful about believing all they say. But that footage is genuine; in fact, what all the different stories circulated to "prove" it is a fake demonstrate is the eagerness in certain quarters to get shot of an embarrassing demonstration of Muslim callousness. First there was the claim that the film in question was recycled and actually showed Palestinians cheering for Iraq during the Kuwait War. When that was proved to be a complete fabrication which had been launched on the Internet by a Brazilian student called Marcio Cavalho, it was claimed that the Israeli Secret Servcie fed the fat woman candy and told her to cheer. And when it was pointed out that the entire street was cheering, the present "explanation" of the incident was introduced.