General information

Call No.:

378-0-1:52/1

Part of series

HU OSA 378-0-1 Monitoring of the Iraqi and Kurdish Television: Monitoring of the Iraqi Television

Located at

VHS PAL #52 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00003051

Date of air

2003-04-03

Date

2003

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

Arabic

Duration

2 hours 53 min.

Content

Form/Genre

Television program

Contents Summary

22.00-06.00 CET: News report covering Saddam's meeting with cabinet and Baath Party, letter to talabani, letter to his people, Ramadan speech, ordering prizes for people, ordering payment for renovations; also, Shita leaders in Najaf call for Jihad. Replays for press conference with Said Sahhaf, downing of American plane in Basra, bombing near Russian Embassy, pictures of the "Final Battle." News report with Saddam's letter to the nation, speech by Minister of Finance, Saddam's declaration that international airport is not in the hands of the enemy. Replays of round table with Minister of Finance, report that market in Baghdad is normal, war report with troop movements on map. Report on Bedouins who support leadership of Saddam; readings from local newspapers in Iraq. Songs are interspersed.