![]() ![]() That is when true peace and security will at last come to that long-troubled land," it concluded. But the greatest day will be when the Iraqi people can rule themselves. "Of course, it was a great day when Saddam Hussein was captured. His capture is a blow for good," it said in its leader. "Even those who, like the Mirror, believe it was wrong to go to war in Iraq can agree. "Ace in the Hole" it says, alongside a mock-up of Saddam Husayn Al-Tikriti at the centre of an Ace of Spades. The Mirror, which has found it difficult to get behind the Americans since war was launched almost nine months, thought nothing of using the US pack of cards to illustrate its front page. ![]() Unsurprisingly the Sun employed pictures for maximum impact but also used the latest TV-style virtual reality pictures to show how Saddam might have looked like in his 6x8ft spider hole. Inside the same chant adorns the top of the 14 pages devoted to the story with various themes to the spreads ranging from "We Got Him: The humiliation" to "We Got Him: The Beast's Pit and "We Got Him: The Final Swoop". The Sun used the triumphant words of US administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer: "Ladies and Gentlemen. We Got Him" is the top headline while beneath the full-page photo of Saddam is the question "Now Should he Die?".Įlsewhere both the other mid-market and tabloids thought the story was big enough that readers would still want to dwell on the humiliation of a despot. Its sister paper the Express took a similar bloody-thirsty tone - "Ladies and Gentlemen. But it decided the capture of Saddam wouldn't be enough on its own to shift copies and gave a scantily clad Jordan equal billing. But there was room for triumphalism - the Daily Star acted as judge and jury with a splash headline "Hang Him". ![]()
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