Two down and two to go

[dogscoff]

Couldn't they have found a person or small group of people that are trusted by the middle east and asked them to to view the bodies in private and confirm the identities? Surely there must be some leading figure in Saudi or Kuwait or occupied Iraq or somewhere who would a) recognise the corpses and b) be believed by the majority of Iraqis.

[TerranC]

Originally posted by dogscoff:
Couldn't they have found a person or small group of people that are trusted by the middle east and asked them to to view the bodies in private and confirm the identities? Surely there must be some leading figure in Saudi or Kuwait or occupied Iraq or somewhere who would a) recognise the corpses and b) be believed by the majority of Iraqis.

I heard that Al-Arabiya or Al-Zajeera interviewed the former iraqi head of intelligence to confirm the bodies, and that he said that he's very skeptical.

I suppose that's as close as you can get to having an official examine the bodies.

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by dogscoff:
Couldn't they have found a person or small group of people that are trusted by the middle east and asked them to to view the bodies in private and confirm the identities? Surely there must be some leading figure in Saudi or Kuwait or occupied Iraq or somewhere who would a) recognise the corpses and b) be believed by the majority of Iraqis.

They did exactly that initially and there was still a great level of disatisfaction among the Iraqis in the street. They wanted to see it for themselves and weren't going to be satisfied until they did.

You read Salam Pax's blog don't you D? Check out his post from the 24th for a local perspective. It was made after the initial press conference when the photos were not released initially, and before the photos were eventually released. He was extremely put out. More so then he normally is about stuff.

http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/

Geoschmo

[ July 29, 2003, 15:31: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

[von_toaster]

Well the damned if you do/don't thing surely applies here. Now people on the street are mad because they say that the Americans have no respect for the dead. People are still mad and skeptical. Not much good was done with this.

[dogscoff]

Haven't read Dear Raed in weeks. Damn Nethack. Thanks for reminding me, G.