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Iraqis happy to see Saddam go, now waiting for Americans to leave
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AP Worldstream
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April 10, 2003
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- BURT HERMAN, Associated Press Writer
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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 ...