IRAQ: IRAQIS WATCH AMERICAN CBS INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN

Record ID: 867170

  • Title: IRAQ: IRAQIS WATCH AMERICAN CBS INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN
  • Date: 27th February 2003
  • Summary: (U7) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (FEBRUARY. 27, 2003)(REUTERS) WIDE OF IRAQIS IN CAFE WATCHING PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN BEING INTERVIEWED BY DAN RATHER CLOSE OF TELEVISION SCREEN WITH DAN RATHER INTERVIEWING SADDAM HUSSEIN VARIOUS OF IRAQIS WATCHING (2 SHOTS) CLOSE OF TELEVISION SCREEN WITH PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN INTERVIEW WIDE OF IRAQI MEN WATCHING . ONE MAN SMOKING HOOKAH PIPE CLOSE OF TELEVISION SCREEN WITH SADDAM HUSSEIN IN INTERVIEW SMV MAN SMOKING HOOKAH PIPE WATCHING SADDAM ON TELEVISION WIDE OF MEN SMOKING AND WATCHING INTERVIEW SCU SOUNDBITE(Arabic) MAZIN MOHAMMED SAYING "Mr. President talked about total issues regarding the region. The journalist asked Mr. President about al-Samoud missiles, the President's answer was adequate." CLOSE OF TELEVISION WITH SADDAM HUSSEIN IN INTERVIEW SMV MEN WATCHING TELEVISION SMV, EXTERIOR , SMALL DEMONSTRATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN STREET CHANTING THEIR SUPPORT OF SADDAM HUSSEIN , AFTER WATCHING INTERVIEW SCU SOUNDBITE(Arabic) MIA'D MOHAMMED SAYING "I love President Saddam Hussein, we want him only, we don't want any one else." WOMAN HIDING HER FACE SCU SOUNDBITE (Arabic) GANIYA MAJEED SAYING "I love Saddam Hussein, we don't want any one else, he is just like a tent on us." SMV WOMEN AND CHILDREN , DEMONSTRATORS CLAPPING HANDS AND CHANTING "BUSH, BUSH LISTEN WELL, ALL OF US LOVE SADDAM HUSSEIN."
  • Embargoed: 14th March 2003 12:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
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  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA8MY31LY4AVO305YOH9CQZFFGL
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  • Story Text: Iraqis have gathered around TVs to watch an interview CBS made with their President Saddam Hussein.
    Dan Rather, CBS' anchor man, met Saddam on Monday (February 23, 2003), in the oldest and largest presidential palace,at a time when the U.N. arms inspectors were accusing him of having prohibited missiles.
    In his first interview with an American reporter in more than a decade, Saddam Hussein remained defiant.
    Iraqi's watching the delayed interview on Thursday (February 27) felt their leader had put his case well.
    "Mr. President talked about total issues regarding the region. The journalist asked Mr. President about al-Samoud missiles, the President's answer was adequate." said one local viewer.
    Two days after the interview on Wednesday (February 25) President Saddam Hussein urged Iraqis to dig trenches in their gardens to defend against invaders and said the United States would pay with "abundant blood" if it attacked Iraq. Meanwhile, hundreds of demonstrators held an anti-war protest in Baghdad declaring their support for Saddam.
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