Iraqis Celebrate Their Liberation: Resource Thread for Pictures & Links

21 March 2003 | self

[Stultis]

Please post pictures and links to relevant threads. Help provide your fellow FReepers with resources to complete the marginalization of peaceniks and other enablers of despots and terrorists.

[smith288]

i will bookmark this thread!!

[Stultis]

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list

[knak]

me too

[rintense]

So will I!

[Stultis]

Iraqis begin to celebrate their liberation (Liberation of the small border town of Sawfan)

"Americans very good," Ali Khemy said. "Iraq wants to be free."

Some chanted, "Ameriki! Ameriki!"

Many others in the starving town just patted their stomachs and raised their hands, begging for food.

A man identifying himself only as Abdullah welcomed the arrival of the U.S. troops: "Saddam Hussein is no good. Saddam Hussein a butcher."

An old woman shrouded in black -- one of the very few women outside -- knelt toward the feet of Americans, embracing an American woman. A younger man with her pulled her away, giving her a warning sign by sliding his finger across his throat...

"No Saddam Hussein!" one young man in headscarf told Gurfein. "Bush!"

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I saw footage of Iraqi citizens literally dancing with joy today. Shaking hands with our troops. Laughing. Smiling. Amazing stuff.

I'm always proud to be an American, but wow...

[Chi-townChief]

BUMP FOR FREEDOM!!

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Fox 13 Salt Lake City showed some dancing in the streets. I'm not sure if the video was a file tape or something that just happened, but I'll post if I find anything that happened today.

[Hobsonphile]

Bump to self.

[Sunshine55]

Meeee tooooo!

[rintense]

I saw that too. Also saw the Iraqi taking a shoe and hitting a poster of Saddam as a Marine tore it down.

As I said on another thread, Bush has more support from the Iraqis than he does from peaceniks. Extremely sad, really.

[Jennifer in Florida]

Wow :) This is so awesome!

[Maedhros]

From this thread:

Sheik Yerbouty

YMCA

[mdittmar]

Iraqis cheer as U.S. Marines tear down Saddam portraits

Iraqi citizens in the town of Safwan celebrate as U.S. forces take control of the city.

[Brad's Gramma]

Indexing this thread. THANK YOU for starting it.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Agreed, rin. Extremely sad. It's the Republican thing. If Al Gore were doing this, they'd be lining up to kiss his ___.

[FBD]

BOOKMARK

[listenhillary]

Bump for later

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

[momofsixgirls]

bump

[Ligeia]

Gotta See This Threads

Flag Raising Thread

Check the threads with the keyword SURRENDER

[cgk]

Here is a GREAT picture for this thread:

It is from Afghanistan, but it shows what they are doing everywhere

[rintense]

An Iraqi woman welcomes U.S. Marines, as soldiers enter the southern border city of Safwan, Friday, March 21, 2003. The white flag on the car for safety reasons. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

[cgk]

[rintense]

Their dog surrendered too!!!! Awww...

[sweetliberty]

"I saw footage of Iraqi citizens literally dancing with joy today. Shaking hands with our troops. Laughing. Smiling."

And beating the poster of Saddam, partly torn down, with a shoe. I hope there is lots and lots of this kind of thing. The left needs to choke on crow!

[cgk]

[rintense]

[SJackson]

Iraqi citizens in the town of Safwan, on the border with Kuwait, celebrate the start of the US-led war which aims to depose President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), March 21, 2003. U.S. troops took the key new port of Umm Qasr in southern Iraq (news - web sites), and the White House said that the Iraqi war could still be 'lengthy and dangerous'. BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE REUTERS/Kuwait TV - Mar 21 12:52 PM ET

A U.S. marine standing on his military vehicule drives past a portrait of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) in Safwan, southern Iraq (news - web sites), Friday, March 21, 2003. Allied troops were advancing through the deserts of southern Iraq Friday after launching the war's ground assault, meeting resistance from Iraqi forces in some areas and soldiers surrendering in others. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Maj David 'Bull' Gurfein, first marine expeditionnary force, New York city, tears down a portrait of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), in the southern border city of Safwan, Iraq (news - web sites), Friday, March 21, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

[Tribune7]

I love it. Bump

[Temple Owl]

That guy look like a Frenchman--the guy with French flag.

[rintense]

[Lauratealeaf]

This is a tremendous thread! Thanks for posting it!

[knews_hound]

Feel good and victory bump.

Cheers,

knews hound

[Tribune7]

But why are they waving French flags?

[rintense]

Beautiful!

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

[Howlin]

I heard a reporter on the radio today, talking about this lady in black. She knelt down and kissed the feet of a female soldier.

[rintense]

Iraqi civilians caught in the crossfire being tended to by coalition troops.

[anniegetyourgun]

I'm hoping the American troops resist the temptation to destroy the images of Saddam. I think it's important that the people do that - it's cathartic, and it helps them to cement this historic moment in the minds of the Iraqi children.

[rintense]

Amazing. I got chills when I saw the video of people celebrating. Iraqis are overjoyed to be free, and peaceniks are misrerable. How f*cked up is that?

[Caesar Soze]

They don't exactly look like they're celebrating. The guy on the right may be starting a cautious raise-the-roof gesture, but he might just be doing his crab impression for the amusement of that soldier or Marine.

[CindyDawg]

You know though, as I was going thru these pics and she started scrolling down, I thought someone had stuck the tongue wagger in. :')

[livius]

Great pix! Thanks for starting this thread.

[Howlin]

Well, there is that. :-)

[Howlin]

I cried when I heard it today in the car.

And it's just going to get better.

[valkyrieanne]

Picture #28 really deserves a Pulitzer prize.

[CindyDawg]

yeah. That one was the most impressive one to me too.

[NewRomeTacitus]

The largest challenge lies ahead when we attempt to bring these people into the 21st century. Patton said they were stuck in the 8th. Short buses?