[Vision2020] Photos of Odai and Qusai

[Tom Hansen]

Yes.  As I stated before, it makes sense to publish the photos in Iraq so
that Iraqi citizens (who know exactly what thye look like) would know that
they are dead, not here.

Tom Hansen

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
> Behalf Of Tim Lohrmann
> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 5:13 PM
> To: Sunil Ramalingam
> Cc: vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Photos of Odai and Qusai
>
>
> Sunil,
>     What do you think about the rationale we hear so
> much--the folks in Iraq are so paranoid Hussein and
> his sons are going to eventually come back to power
> that they are reluctant to get involved in any sort of
> reconstruction efforts.
>    Is that a good reason for letting their corpses be
> seen?
>    TL
>
>
>
>
>
> --- Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> ---------------------------------
>
> Carl,
>
> I think the Spokesman Review could have done without
> those pictures.  Steven A. Smith's note about the
> decision-making process ends by saying, "But we
> sincerely believe publication serves the interests of
> the larger audience and the interests of history."
>
> It seems to me that if the S-R is interested in
> serving a larger audience and history, they might
> consider doing some reporting on the unravelling of
> the rationales for this war. They could follow up on
> Rumsfeld's comment that it was impossible to capture
> the folks in that villa.  I guess our ability to wait
> people out has deteriorated since we got Old What's
> His Name in Panama, back in the first Bush
> Administration.  Must be Clinton's fault.
>
> Perhaps they could write an article about whether our
> government has any interest in taking any of the
> Hussein family alive. By now it ought to be clear that
> we have no intention.  Whenever we think we know where
> he is, everything and everyone in the vicinity gets
> blown up.  Hey, in the interest of History, why not an
> article about why our government might prefer not to
> have Hussein alive and talking to reporters?
>
> Sunil Ramalingam
>
>
>
> >From: "Carl Westberg"
> >To: vision2020@moscow.com
> >Subject: [Vision2020] Photos of Odai and Qusai
> >Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 11:58:50 -0700
> >
> >This morning's Spokesman carried the pictures of the
> bodies of
> >Hussein's sons, with an explanation of why the
> decision was made on
> >the front page. I understand the Tribune did not. It
> did slow me
> >down a little bit while eating my orange chicken
> right now, but I
> >got over it. Should the pictures be published? Not?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Carl Westberg Jr.
> >
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