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...brutality. With Saddam's paramilitaries at work in the south, even the Shi'ite population, which has never been granted much political power by the ruling Sunni elite, has been cowed. In the aftermath of the previous Gulf War, the first President Bush encouraged the Shi'ites to revolt, then stood on the sidelines when Saddam viciously crushed them. They haven't forgotten. The U.S. war commander, Army General Tommy Franks, said "fear tactics are still being applied" to prevent the Shi'ites from welcoming liberation. Long before this conflict, Saddam infested every village and city in the south with...
Political and cultural considerations aside, Arab viewers have other reasons to trust these networks. They have often had more accurate information. U.S. networks and the BBC reported a revolt against Iraqi troops by Shi'ite Muslims in Basra last week, airing video of allied forces firing supportive artillery into the city. On Fox News, anchor Neil Cavuto crowed, "Don't look now, but the Shi'ites have hit the fan!" But al-Jazeera had a correspondent inside Basra, which appeared relatively orderly--quiet streets and groups chanting pro-Saddam slogans. Later the Western networks backpedaled. And for four days after...
...Americans who may wonder why the people of southern Iraq have not risen up in revolt against Saddam yet would receive an instructive lesson in a household near the American positions. Outside the house a man stood smiling and waving at every passing American vehicle. A soldier, passing on foot spotted a picture of Saddam on the wall and pointed at it. Unabashed the man went into his home took the picture down and spit on Saddam's face. He then carefully wiped it off and hung the picture back...
...Iraqi from the area traveling with the Americans explained. "He remembers the last time America encouraged the people in this area to revolt and that Saddam came here with his tanks and killed hundreds of thousands. He will not take the picture down until he is sure you are staying this time...
...more political than military. U.S. frontline forces had bypassed Basra and swung north for Baghdad, leaving the British to take possession of a city where coalition commanders had hoped they would be welcomed. After all, the predominantly Shiite population of Iraq's third largest city had led the 1991 revolt against Saddam, and a whole Iraqi division deployed to defend it had surrendered. The spectacle of coalition forces being welcomed without a fight would certainly have helped PR efforts to counter mounting Arab and Muslim hostility to the war. Instead, resistance at Basra continues, possibly with the aid of Special...