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Nadim Abou Rabeh’s Charge
This is quite a charge. It’s not the first time it’s been suggested, but this is the first time I’ve seen an apparently first-hand account.
A former U.S. Marine who participated in capturing ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said the public version of his capture was fabricated.
Ex-Sgt. Nadim Abou Rabeh, of Lebanese descent, was quoted in the Saudi daily al-Medina Wednesday as saying Saddam was actually captured Friday, Dec. 12, 2003, and not the day after, as announced by the U.S. Army.
I’m sure that in the days ahead the credibility of this young soldier will be bandied about ad nauseum. It will be interesting to watch the dialogue play out. Stay tuned.
Assuming it’s true, though, what does it tell us? Deceptive? Yes. Major PR coup? Probably - while it lasted at least. The image of Saddam coming out of that rat hole will probably stay with most of us, and presumably many thousands if Iraqis, for years. Even if it were carefully orchestrated, would such orchestration have been wrong? Or brilliant?
Comments are welcome….
UPDATE: Michelle Malkin and OTB have picked up the story. They’re skeptical.
http://myopiczeal.blogsome.com/2005/03/09/nadim-abou-rabehs-charge/trackback/
Look at these articles from 2003
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/21/1071941612613.html?oneclick=true
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0312/S00168.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/thisweek/story/0,12977,1108859,00.html
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=8206
Comment by More links — March 10, 2005 @ 3:40 pm
15 minutes in the Blogosphere
So, it’s getting close to 5pm, and I decide to open a browser window and see what James Taranto has to say this afternoon. Item #1 is the story of someone claiming to be a former Marine sergeant of Lebanese…
Trackback by The Black Republican — March 10, 2005 @ 5:36 pm
«Even if it were carefully orchestrated, would such orchestration have been wrong? Or brilliant?»
In the interest of american credibility such a move surely would not be brillliant. But, afterall, No WMDs, and the 911-commision has rejected the SH/AQ -nexus claims, so there is really no credibility to maintain. Ad the story of Jessica Lynch (http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,956255,00.html ), add the Patriot Act, add the Guantanemo prison, Abu Ghraib. (sorry for any spelling errors ;)…………..
For peace in iraq:
I belive most people early understood that there was a propaganda show going on regarding the capture of Saddam Hussein and the broadcasted images. The iraqies surely didn’t stop fighting because of this, and american soldiers are getting killed every day. My guess is that the situation in iraq would not differ much because of that propaganda move. And I do not think it will matter at all for iraqie peace if the official capture story becomes falsfied or verified. One notion here is that a great deal of iraqie resistance is not pro Saddam Hussein, but against the american invasion. Another is that strong SH followers will belive it is american false propaganda anyway.
Maybe such an orchistration would benefit Bush politically in the US. I don’t know. I do not understand a second of the american political scene. And as most non-americans I do not understand at all how he could be re-elected. But I understand that there is talking of a strong leader( the Kerry flip-flop campaign fits) and Bush wants to be that strong leader, and ofcourse the strong leader wants to show off his war trophy. And if many americans wants a strong leader, and want to show the world the american muscels, it might have triggered som nationalistic strings showing a Saddam Hussein crushed and scared off to a hole in the ground.
Thats my thougts on the subject anyway.
Best whishes to all
Emil
Comment by Emil — March 19, 2005 @ 11:31 pm
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