-What Paradoxical Information Was Revealed Through This April 10, 2003

question 47

Multiple Choice

-What paradoxical information was revealed through this April 10, 2003, photograph of Iraqi citizens enlisting the aid of U.S. Marines to pull down a statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad?

• A) The event showed that, although Iraqis were against Saddam, they immediately replaced him with another dictator.
• B) The event revealed that the same soldiers who helped the crowd pull down Saddam's statue later tortured these civilians.
• C) The event showed the Iraqi public's commitment to democracy although the war lasted for another eight years.
• D) The event was initially seen as being emblematic of success in Iraq but was later revealed to be have been staged so that the press had a positive image of the war.

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