<p>From <a href="http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/archives/2004_07_01_healingiraq_archive.html#108863288893625231">zeyad</a>: </p>

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    <p>Actually, it took the unguarded Arab media by complete surprise, and I swear I could notice their confusion since it was very obvious that they hadn&#8217;t yet prepared anything to downplay the significance of the event.</p>
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<p>I got a good laugh out of NPR&#8217;s coverage of the early hand-over of Iraqi Sovereignty. The difference between the first news report and one four hours later, when they had had time to think up some spin, was quite apparent.</p>