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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (623843)	9/13/2004 5:47:57 PM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Um...you don't know? THERE WAS NO CROWD. See...that's just what I'm talking about. YOU get abused by the people you support. They use YOU...make YOU look like a complete idiot...then you let them do it to you over and over.

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (623843)	9/13/2004 5:50:22 PM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

TONIGHT, THE ABC7 I-TEAM INVESTIGATES WHAT HAPPENED BEHIND THE SCENES WHEN THE STATUE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN WAS TOPPLED IN BAGHDAD. WAS IT REALLY THE SPONTANEOUS ACT OF SOME AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND A JUBILANT IRAQI CROWD? I-TEAM REPORTER ANDREA MCCARREN UNCOVERED SOME FASCINATING DETAILS. ANDREA? Andrea on set: THE I-TEAM OBTAINED AN INTERNAL ARMY REVIEW WHICH DETAILS THE TOPPLING OF THE STATUE. IT REVEALS THAT A PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS UNIT ON THE SCENE PLAYED A KEY ROLE. Story: A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN THE WAR WITH IRAQ - THE STATUE OF SADDAM BROUGHT TO THE GROUND IN BAGHDAD'S AL-FIRDOS SQUARE. THOUSANDS OF IRAQI CITIZENS REJOICING IN A SPONTANEOUS CELEBRATION. OR WAS IT SOMETHING ELSE? Professor Christopher Simpson, American University: "This particular event was more of what you might call a propaganda event. It was a publicity, a photo-op if you will." IN FACT, THE REPORT OBTAINED BY THE I-TEAM INDICATES THAT AN ARMY PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS TEAM ORCHESTRATED MUCH OF WHAT TRANSPIRED. wjla.com