INSTANT ANALYSIS
I understand the microphones on the cameras used by the pool TV cameramen at the Saddam Hussein court hearing were disconnected on the order of the US military.
The decision to release the pictures without sound is an interesting one.
I would suggest that the authorities were concerned that the former Iraqi president would challenge the court through vocal outbursts, as Slobodan Milosevic did repeatedly in the Hague.
A thinner, tired looking and silent Saddam Hussein is of greater propaganda value than a strong-voiced and defiant one.
I understand the microphones on the cameras used by the pool TV cameramen at the Saddam Hussein court hearing were disconnected on the order of the US military.
The decision to release the pictures without sound is an interesting one.
I would suggest that the authorities were concerned that the former Iraqi president would challenge the court through vocal outbursts, as Slobodan Milosevic did repeatedly in the Hague.
A thinner, tired looking and silent Saddam Hussein is of greater propaganda value than a strong-voiced and defiant one.
posted by Stuart at 13:52
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