daveo0331's Journal: What a surprise -- Toppling of Saddam statue was staged

Remember the pictures of the Iraqis supposedly pulling down that statue of Saddam that were broadcast all over TV last year? It's been known for a long time that the Iraqis didn't really do it by themselves, and they kind of had some "help" from the Americans.

Now the results of an internal study by the U.S. Army make it official -- the event was staged. It was actually a Marine colonel who decided to topple the statue, not the Iraqis. Furthermore, the Marines at one point had draped a U.S. flag over the statue, and got booed by the Iraqis! So, they quickly replaced the U.S. flag with an Iraqi flag.

As if that weren't enough, the vehicle full of Iraqis that pulled down the statue was actually a U.S. military vehicle, and the Iraqis were children that the U.S. had put there to make it look like the Iraqis were spontaneously pulling down the statue.

Don't believe everything you see on TV.

Here's an article about the report.