Article: PR PLAY OF THE WEEK: Saddam statue's fall signals Iraqis' rise.(Iraqis' destroy credibility of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party)(Brief Article)

WASHINGTON: For 24 years, Saddam Hussein's Baath Party assured the world that the people of Iraq loved their president. Last week, the citizens of Baghdad told their side of the story - with images more powerful than the spin of any government.

Ever since US forces entered Iraq last month, Iraqi information minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhad has publicly denied their progress, insisting Iraqis wanted to fight for Saddam (see news story, p. 3). With the aid of Arab news networks like al-Jazeera and Abu Dhabi, who regard the Baath Party's word with at least as much reverence as the Fox News Channel does the Pentagon, al-Sahhad's version was largely repeated ...

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