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Saddam Hussein, George Bush and Secretary of Powell in Same Room?

Aired February 28, 2003 - 05:51   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and President George Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell all in the same room? It could be interesting, couldn't it?
CNN's Jeanne Moos found them, all poised and posed.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): To say Saddam Hussein has immigrated to the U.S. is to wax poetic.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He looks a little laid back here. He doesn't look insane like he looks on TV.

MOOS: Usually you see him waving a gun or a sword. But the other night we saw him sitting across from Dan Rather, looking rather dignified.

(on camera): Superficially, how did he seem to you?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A madman. I think he's nuts.

MOOS (voice-over): But Saddam won in the ratings. Actual reality even beat the reality show.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That really (OBSCENE WORD OMITTED) me off.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: Though not everyone followed Iraq's leader.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I feel he is so vile and awful that I felt that in some way it would enrich him if I watched him.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: First of all, is it really him? Because I heard stories that there are these look-alikes.

MOOS: Remember when German researchers surmised Saddam has a number of doubles for security purposes and "Saturday Night Live" went to town?

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE")

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get another look-alike in here. Rosh (ph)? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What are you guys trying to tell me? Is this what I look like to you?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Look, boss, it's hard to get people to be you these days. I mean we've been through like 200 look-alikes already.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What did he do, eat them?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Please...

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: A wax look-alike came to Madam Tussauds' in New York from the museum's London branch, where Saddam was created 10 years ago.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You cannot really tell by the face whether someone is evil or not.

MOOS (on camera): Especially in wax, huh?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The embalmer did a pretty good job.

MOOS (voice-over): Saddam didn't sit for this figure. It was done based on photos.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Knock it off, you bum.

JANINE DIGIOACCHINO, GENERAL MANAGER, MADAME TUSSAUDS: We've had some people wrap some scarves around his neck and attempt to strangle him.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Peace, my brother.

MOOS: To drum up business, the museum is encouraging folks to e- mail Saddam. The messages will be printed up and sent to Iraq. The notes were pretty ugly.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You should die from cancer. From my ears to god, from my mouth to god's ears.

MOOS: This little British boy refers to Saddam Hussein as the bad soldier.

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Bad soldier.

MOOS: Around here, a Q-Tip could qualify as a weapons of mass destruction.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If you can look through his ear, you could almost see what he's thinking.

MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York. (END VIDEOTAPE)

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Aired February 28, 2003 - 05:51   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and President George Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell all in the same room? It could be interesting, couldn't it?
CNN's Jeanne Moos found them, all poised and posed.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): To say Saddam Hussein has immigrated to the U.S. is to wax poetic.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He looks a little laid back here. He doesn't look insane like he looks on TV.

MOOS: Usually you see him waving a gun or a sword. But the other night we saw him sitting across from Dan Rather, looking rather dignified.

(on camera): Superficially, how did he seem to you?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A madman. I think he's nuts.

MOOS (voice-over): But Saddam won in the ratings. Actual reality even beat the reality show.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That really (OBSCENE WORD OMITTED) me off.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: Though not everyone followed Iraq's leader.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I feel he is so vile and awful that I felt that in some way it would enrich him if I watched him.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: First of all, is it really him? Because I heard stories that there are these look-alikes.

MOOS: Remember when German researchers surmised Saddam has a number of doubles for security purposes and "Saturday Night Live" went to town?

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE")

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get another look-alike in here. Rosh (ph)? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What are you guys trying to tell me? Is this what I look like to you?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Look, boss, it's hard to get people to be you these days. I mean we've been through like 200 look-alikes already.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What did he do, eat them?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Please...

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: A wax look-alike came to Madam Tussauds' in New York from the museum's London branch, where Saddam was created 10 years ago.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You cannot really tell by the face whether someone is evil or not.

MOOS (on camera): Especially in wax, huh?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The embalmer did a pretty good job.

MOOS (voice-over): Saddam didn't sit for this figure. It was done based on photos.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Knock it off, you bum.

JANINE DIGIOACCHINO, GENERAL MANAGER, MADAME TUSSAUDS: We've had some people wrap some scarves around his neck and attempt to strangle him.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Peace, my brother.

MOOS: To drum up business, the museum is encouraging folks to e- mail Saddam. The messages will be printed up and sent to Iraq. The notes were pretty ugly.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You should die from cancer. From my ears to god, from my mouth to god's ears.

MOOS: This little British boy refers to Saddam Hussein as the bad soldier.

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Bad soldier.

MOOS: Around here, a Q-Tip could qualify as a weapons of mass destruction.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If you can look through his ear, you could almost see what he's thinking.

MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York. (END VIDEOTAPE)

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com




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