08 juillet 2004 06:31
The toppling of the Saddam statue was staged
Isabelle Hontebeyrie
WARNING: what you see here is a sham!
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| © Jerome Delay - AP |
As Editor and Publisher reveals: "They were the shots seen 'round the world: newspaper photographs and TV images of jubilant Iraqis toppling a giant statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad on April 9, 2003, shortly after the U.S. military chased him out of town. Now, after months of rumors, the U.S. military has confirmed that the entire stunt was conceived by the U.S. military and enacted with the help of a fast-thinking Army psychological operation (PSYOP)."
"Photos of the toppling appeared on front pages all over the world with captions that attributed the idea to a happy Iraqi mob. "
According to Philly.com, "David Zucchino, the formerly Philly-based, Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist who now writes for the Los Angeles Times, broke the story this past weekend."
Thanks to WTF is it now.
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