Lessons Learned
July 09, 2004
Tucked inside the U.S. Army's recently declassified assessment of Operation Iraqi Freedom were some interesting disclosures. Like this one - that iconic toppling of the Saddam statue as American troops took Baghdad last year was not a spontaneous act instigated by an Iraqi crowd, but rather a carefully planned operation backed by a psychological operations unit. Brooke talks to Los Angeles Times reporter David Zucchino - himself a former "embed" - about what reporters on the scene in Iraq missed the first time around.
