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Iraqis happy to see Saddam go, now waiting for Americans to leave

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Dateline: AMARAH, Iraq Local leaders were adamant when the U.S. Marines came into this eastern city: They didn't want to see U.S. flags, didn't want Iraqi flags torn down and didn't want soldiers interacting with their women at checkpoints.

"The Americans are not the best at knowing what's good for Iraq. The Iraqis are," a man identified as the leader of freedom fighters who liberated this Shiite town from government control told Brig. Gen. Rich Natonski, commander of Task Force Tarawa, over tea at a local sheik's house.

Iraqis cheered U.S. troops who rolled tanks into Baghdad and knocked over a 40-foot (12-meter) statue of President Saddam Hussein on ...

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