STUNNED ARAB MEDIA REPORT SADDAM'S ARREST, WHILE PALESTINIANS TRY TO AVOID THE NEWS

IMRA ^ | 12-13-03 | Michael Widlanski

[SJackson]

STUNNED ARAB MEDIA REPORT SADDAM'S ARREST, WHILE PALESTINIANS TRY TO AVOID THE NEWS

By Michael Widlanski Jerusalem 14 December 2003 1:30 PM

Arab language media reacted quickly, though sometimes in a somewhat stunned fashion, to American reports that U.S. forces had captured former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, touching off celebrations in Baghdad.

But the broadcast media of the Palestinian National Authority which has been very friendly to Saddam, tried to ignore the news, treating it as a marginal news item attributed to rumors linked to a scheduled American press conference in Iraq

"An American military spokesman said there would be a special press conference soon, and American reports say it is linked to reports of the arrest of former president Saddam Hussein," declared a one ayem news bulletin by Voice of Palestine radio, controlled by Yasser Arafat.

The Palestinian broadcasts, which featured the news as the fourth news item, made no mention of Iraqi crowds celebrating the capture of Saddam, a big supporter of Arafat and a financial supporter of Palestinian "martyrs" who have blown themselves up attacking Israelis.

The Palestinian Authority's television station broadcasting from Gaza ignored the news entirely for several hours, but other Arab media quickly broadcast details of popular glee at the news of Saddam's arrest.

"There are signs of rejoicing in the streets, where people are parading and we hear celebratory shooting in the air," declared Baghdad-based Rafah Sa'ad, reporter for Abu-Dhabi satellite television.

Similar reports were carried by Al-Jazeera satellite television, which broadcast its news along with biographical sketches of Saddam Hussein and his family.

Al-Arabiyya satellite television also featured family pictures and newsreel footage of Saddam inspecting troops and petting children, while underneath it showed captions detailing Saddam's reported arrest in his home town of Tikrit.

The Arab satellite stations aired interviews with Arab security experts who said they felt the arrest of Saddam, if true, would aid American efforts inside Iraq.

Even the strongly anti-American Al-Manar tv station, controlled by the pro-Iranian Hiaballah terror group, opened its news shows with intensive coverage of the American capture of Saddam.

"Throngs of Iraqi people have rushed to the streets, and there are signs of joyful shooting in the air inside the Iraqi capital," declared Diah Nasry, the Al-Manar correspondent in Baghdad.

[Michael Widlanski is an expert in the Arab media and a lecturer at the Rothberg School of the Hebrew University] (c) 2003 Michael Widlanski

[aspiring.hillbilly]

Wondering about the collective stupidity of the arab world, I mean these clowns dont have two brain cells to rub together the way they act and carry on.....LOL

[Tunehead54]

I've been having a wonderful morning flicking back and forth among all the dim networks CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS - most of them look like someone close to them just died ...

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Must not gloat ... Must not gloat ... 'tis a sad day for the dims - very depressing over at DU! ;-)

[traumer]

" WHILE PALESTINIANS TRY TO AVOID THE NEWS.... "

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!!!!

[TalBlack]

......Peace ISIN'T the absence of war, rather it's what results AFTER war........

This needs to be stated every day. Peace is the interlude. Peace in an anomaly.

Among humans, war is the status quo. To believe otherwise is to invite your own death.


Man, I hear that!

[VOA]

STUNNED ARAB MEDIA REPORT SADDAM'S ARREST, WHILE PALESTINIANS TRY TO AVOID THE NEWS

Where's Baghdad Bob when you need him?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I saw a bit of Dan Rat this morning too. He looked old, tired, grey and fat.

[steveo]

WHILE PALESTINIANS TRY TO AVOID THE NEWS

La la la la we can't hear you la la la

[Salem]

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[XEHRpa]

The Arabs in general, and the Palestineans in particular, are the most significant case of national denial in modern history.

[gr8eman]

Yeah...I saw Dan too. At first I thought he was reporting the death of his old dog...

[aspiring.hillbilly]

Wondering about the collective stupidity of the arab world, I mean these clowns dont have two brain cells to rub together the way they act and carry on.....LOL

[Former Fetus]

a big supporter of Arafat and a financial supporter of Palestinian "martyrs" who have blown themselves up

It amazes me that Saddam did not use his gun to become a "martyr"... one shot to an American soldier, one to his head. Then I realized... 72 virgins are ok for your average fallaheen, not for the new Nebucchadnezzer. He was probably trying to make a deal for 72,000!

[Salem]

LOL!!

[Cultural Jihad]

"There are no American infidels in Baghdad. None! Not one!
Never! They are all very religious!"

[cyborg]

Dubya did what his father should have done years ago. They thought Americans and Brits were spineless.

[lilylangtree]

Conspicuously missing is the pali woman with the long noisy tongue that's gone where everyone else has gone before.

[ARCADIA]

BTW, has anyone seen the hideous Yassar on the tube lately?,/b>

Has anyone seen his groupy Hillary lately? She has been kinda quiet today.

[breakem]

Switching between Fox and MSNBC. When introducing the correspondent in Iraq, the MSNBC anchor said "Great day for the ADMINISTRATION........great day for the Iraqi PEOPLE. The correspondent added the US.

[McGavin999]

The most fun was watching them check him for lice. Priceless!