Great Pics of Iraqis Happy to be FREE and FED!

yahoo news ^ | 4/6/03

[finnman69]

Soldiers suply water and food, cheering Iraqis, etc

Iraqi citizens stand on top of a statue of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) which was pulled down by US-led forces, in the town of Kerbala, April 6, 2003. REUTERS/Peter Andrews
Children return to school for the first time since the U.S.-led war on Iraq (news - web sites) started in a village near the city of Najaf in central Iraq on April 4, 2003. Soldiers from the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion helped cleanup the school that was damaged by artillery fire. The image was used by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks in his media briefing at Camp As Sayliyah April 6, 2003. REUTERS/Kevin P. Bell /U.S. Army/US Central Command/Handout

A crowd of civilians stand in line for water being supplied by the 15th U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah Sunday, April 6, 2003. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Iraqi children ask for food from U.S. Marines in the city of Nassiriya, April 6, 2003. U.S. Forces appear to be strengthening their grip over the city after quelling small pockets of resistance by supporters loyal to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites). REUTERS/Desmond Boylan

[tessalu]

God bless the children of Iraq, and I think it would be hard not to love them. I hope that they are given complete freedom, that means freedom of speech, and freedom of religion. May they forever be free!

[Ferret Fawcet]

BUMP for the happy Iraqis! This kind of thing is way too under-reported!

[maxwellp]

Many thanks for the magnificent pictures!

[The Red Zone]

I pray, pray, pray these people never again have to live under such evil.

The only way a predominantly Muslim country has ever been able to keep from getting wrapped up in self-inflicted grief in modern times is with a system like Turkey's, where the government is secular. The "religion of peace" has a very mean side, and I hope Dubya recognizes this even if belatedly. I hope the new constitution categorically rules out not only a dictator but also any kind of theocratic rule or sharia law.

[Howlin]

Exactly. And the mullahs are against it because if their people get a wiff of freedom they might want it, too.

Freedom looks mighty good on satelite TV.

[chicagolady]

All these pictures have brought tears to my eyes.
Thank you to our brave American soldiers.

[finnman69]

I thought Berlin Wall II when I saw the Saddam statue coming down.

[GnL]

But...but...the Iraqi people won't know how to handle freedom! </sarcasm>

[4mycountry]

*sniff* I love this photo.....

[dsutah]

Or the colonists when they pulled down the statue of King George 111! But I think that was probably either before the Rev. War, or just after it started.

[stlnative]

ONE OF MY FAVORITES!

A soldier from the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion and his new friend in a small village near Najaf, Iraq on April 02, 2003. The unit is in the town providing humanitarian assistance. The 422nd is in Iraq in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. OIF is the multinational effort to liberate the people of Iraq, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. (Released) (U.S. Army photo by SSG Kevin P. Bell)

[EllaMinnow]

My favorite, too, brigette!

Ping to you, cyn.

[e5man_r_u?]

These pictures are proof that we are doing God's work!
THANKS for the post!

[lsee]

This one gave me goosebumps! The civilians are being allowed to take part in their own trasnformation from a downtrodden people to a proud, liberated people. I'm so glad to see them participating in symbolic events like this!

[Republican Wildcat]

This is fantastic. Thank you for posting this.

[finnman69]

Think of this every time the LW fruitloops tell you the Iraqis don't want to be liberated.

[chainsaw]

Having very little else to give, a flower of peace is offered.

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

BTTT

[cyncooper]

I love that picture!

They're all wonderful. Dr. Bob Arnot is an embed to follow and he is clearly charmed by the families he is meeting. The children seem very sweet.

[nicmarlo]

Bookmarked and ping!!