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July 01, 2004

Saddam Hussein Praises Michael Moore's Palme d'Or-winning "Fahrenheit 9/11"

"This is all a theater; the real criminal is Bush. I give this film two culturally-specific fingers up!"

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Evolution of a soundbite:

At noon, the NYT reported the quote as "This is all a theater; the real criminal is Bush," and attributed its citation to a video report filed by Christiane Amanpour.

By 3:30 PM, this changed to "Everyone knows that this is a theatrical comedy by Bush, the criminal, in an attempt to win the election."

The BBC reports it as "The real villain is Bush."

Eventually, though, the "Fahrenheit 9/11" endorsement will come out.

After all, I mentioned Hussein and Moore in the same sentence, which means that there must be a connection between the two.

It's also interesting to note Hussein's reported response to the judge when charged with invading Kuwait: "I am surprised that you charged me with this, being that you are Iraqi and everyone knows Kuwait is part of Iraq."

We can blame European colonial cartography for that particular belief...and all of its consequences.