I got interested enough in this phony statute toppling story to google into it - its the first I had heard of it, but seems there has always been a lot of questions about it. This link shows some pretty conclusive evidence it was staged, and that the people were members of con-man Chabali's gang:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2842.htm

What is incredibly disturbing about this story and the falsehoods we knew were given to us by the Pentagon in the Jessica Lynch story is the implication that Pentagon Psychological Warfare units are engaged in activities that target us, not the enemy, for propagandization, something which is actually illegal.