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 Friday April 11, 2003 18:55 by redskin
 from IMC NYC April 6th: Iraqi National Congress founder, Ahmed Chalabi is flown into the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah by the Pentagon. Chalabi, along with 700 fighters of his "Free Iraqi Forces" are airlifted aboard four massive C17 military transport planes. Chalabi and the INC are Washington favorites to head the new Iraqi government. A photograph is taken of Chalabi and members of his Free Iraqi Forces militia as they arrive in Nasiriyah. April 9th: One of the "most memorable images of the war" is created when U.S. troops pull down the statue of Saddam Hussein in Fardus Square. Oddly enough... a photograph is taken of a man who bears an uncanny resemblance to one of Chalabi's militia members... he is near Fardus Square to greet the Marines. How many members of the pro-American Free Iraqi Forces were in and around Fardus Square as the statue of Saddam came tumbling down? The up close action video of the statue being destroyed is broadcast around the world as proof of a massive uprising. Still photos grabbed off of Reuters show a long-shot view of Fardus Square... it's empty save for the U.S. Marines, the International Press, and a small handful of Iraqis. There are no more than 200 people in the square at best. The Marines have the square sealed off and guarded by tanks. A U.S. mechanized vehicle is used to pull the statue of Saddam from it's base. The entire event is being hailed as an equivalent of the Berlin Wall falling... but even a quick glance of the long-shot photo shows something more akin to a carefully constructed media event tailored for the television cameras. |
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Jump To Comment: 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1OK Barney. Got you sussed. Moron. Pay no attention to anything this thicko has to say. Go back to reading page three of the anti-Irish Sun, you dickhead. Stop embarrassing the Irish, you dolt.
that news on the IMC wire is open to questioning discussion criticism re-interpretation development in the comments below each article.
Peer review - your news/articles etc is subject to public review by peers
and no I'm not an academic
While the photograph does look like it was taken in the evening and the statue is already down, I don't believe that the US did not cordon the area off for their stage show at the time the statue was taken down,
I'd say those tanks were there all day.
Not when the statue fell. It's so obviously a trick. The photo is all blurry with no clear detail, where's the statue? This would be convincing it it was taken while the statue was at a 45 degree angle, not six or seven hours later.
I don't know. Are you an academic?
and the comments on your link provided are how the system of peer review works for us 'shady' characters around here
Before anyone more impressionable youngsters get duped by this look at the comments in the attached link which clearly show that this photo was not taken at the time the statue came down.
Look at the comments and see for yourselves, espeically the photos and video. BE CAREFUL. There are some very sinister characters using this site who are willing to lie to push their agenda.
Take care
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2847.htm