bbc agrees

11 Apr 2003
Date Edited: 11 Apr 2003 11:58:14 AM

by doe

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The picture is broadly consistent with remarks about the size of the crowd made by a BBC reporter who was on the spot at the time.

The Iraqi flag produced after the stars and stripes appears to have been carefully selected. It was not the current flag, but the pre-1991 design. Shortly before the 1991 Gulf war, Saddam Hussein had the words Allahu Akbar (God is greatest) inserted between the stars, and these were missing from the flag used on Wednesday.

(so it was not as "spontaneous" as they want people think it was)

Note: "Madness": excelent sitrep. Bright and accurate analysis.

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