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

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[firewalk]

Thank you Nic...nice to 'see' you (-:

[nicmarlo]

Good to *see* you, too, BeforeISleep...hope all is well with ya....I'm fighting a cold or something....woke up today feeling worse than I went to bed.....but nothing to complain about when compared to what the Iraqi people have been subjected to (and our military). : )

[firewalk]

Hope you kick that *cold or something* real soon (-:

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks !

Baghdad Bob says
"U.S. Forces are not in Baghdad...er...wait a minute."

[McGavin999]

That's my favorite one too. Imagine how hard they had to look to find a flower.

[UnChained]

Seeing all the people clamoring for food makes me wonder where did they get food before the war?

What did people do for a living besides fight for Saddam?

I get the sense the this country and the other oil-rich Arab countries are the equivalent to welfare states with almost everyone on the dole in one form or another.

[Gamecock]

To parapharse what was said to PFC Lynch, now to the liberated Iraqis:


"We are United States soldiers and we’re here to protect you...."

[Brad’s Gramma]

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[finnman69]

Children enjoy a new swing as a US Navy soldier guard a playground during a visit by a US Navy admiral hours after a team of Seabees set up the playground in Umm Qasr, Iraq (news - web sites) Sunday April 6, 2003. The Seabees have started working with locals in repairing roads, setting up playgrounds and helping in the distribution of potable water in an effort to return life to normal, following two weeks of battles against Iraqi forces, which culminated in coalition forces invading and taking over the town. (AP Photo/Roberto Schmidt/Pool)

An Iraqi man hands down a box of cookies to others after a crowd of residents of Umm Qasr climbed on a US Navy truck that was carrying journalists and some day supplies during a day trip with Navy Seabees to this southern port town Sunday April 6, 2003. The Seabees have started working with locals in repairing roads, setting up playgrounds and helping in the distribution of potable water in an effort to return life to normal, following two weeks of battles against the Iraqi forces, which culminated in coalition forces invading and taking over the town. (AP PHOTO/Roberto Schmidt/POOL)

Iraqi children welcome British Royal Marines from 42 Commando as they drive into the heart of Basra, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, April 6, 2003. British forces made their deepest push yet into Basra, with a column of 40 armored personnel carriers rolling into the country's second-biggest city after a series of strikes on Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s loyalist defenders. (AP Photo/Jon Mills/Pool)

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Sunday, April 6, 2003 A young Iraqi hugs a U.S. Navy Seabee in Umm Qasr. The Seabees, a nickname for construction battalions, are involved in reconstruction projects, and are building a playground in the city.

An Iraqi girl carries an armload of bottled water in the village of Enghabashir, west of Basra.

U.S. Rear Adm. Charles Kubic speaks to an Iraqi worker identified only as Mohammed. Mohammed is working in road reconstruction near Umm Qasr, a project the Navy Seabees are assisting.

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[ErnBatavia]

Too many healthy looking, military age males in some of those pics. I have to wonder how many of them are sporting AK 47's come dark....

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Iraqis reach up to receive signed autographs from a British soldier sitting on top of a tank in central Basra, Iraq (news - web sites), as coalition forces moved to take possession of the city, Monday, April 7, 2003. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Khuder Al-Emeri, 43, center, working for the U.S. Marines 24th Expeditionary Unit as an interpreter, is reunited with local villagers after 12 years, Monday, April 7, 2003, in Qal'at Sukkar village, some 62 miles north of Nasariyah, Iraq (news - web sites). Khuder led an uprising in his village during the last Gulf War (news - web sites) and fled to the United States in fear of reprisal from Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s regime. He now returns in hopes of rebuilding his village. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

First Lt. Paul B. Keener from San Diego, Calif., of the 3rd Batallion, 4th Marines regiment, holds an Iraqi girl, wounded in the foot, during fighting with Iraqi gunmen to secure a key bridge leading into Baghdad on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Monday, April 7, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Working for the U.S. Marines 24th Expeditionary Unit as an interpreter, Khuder Al-Emeri, 43, is hugged by his sister Suhila after being reunited with local villagers after 12 years, Monday, April 7, 2003, in Qal'at Sukkar, 100 kms. north of Nasariyah, Iraq (news - web sites). Khuder led an uprising in his village during the last gulf war (news - web sites) and fled to the United States in fear of reprisal from Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s regime. He now returns in hopes of rebuilding his village. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

Soldiers from 16 Air Assault Brigade of the British Army throw chocolate bars from their ration packs to boys in the Iraqi village of Qaryat Nasr north of Basra, Monday April 7, 2003. Troops entered the area after the mayor requested their protection. (AP Photo/Chris Ison, PA, Pool)

Iraqi men and children celebrate as they listen to loud speakers from a U.S. Marines psychological operations vehicle attached to The 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment of the British Army in the village of Ad dayr north of Basra, Monday April 7, 2003. (AP Photo/Chris Ison, PA, Pool)

Iraqi men and children talk with a soldier from The Royal Irish Regiment of the British Army near the village of Ad dayr north of Basra, Iraq (news - web sites) Monday April 7, 2003. (AP Photo/Chris Ison, PA, Pool)

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A member of the U.S. Navy (news - web sites) Seabees is hugged by a young Iraqi just outside a playground set up by the Seabees in Umm Qasr, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, April 6, 2003. The southern port of Umm Qasr and the nearby city of Basra are the focus of humanitarian efforts, including restoring water supplies and building up food stocks.(AP Photo/Roberto Schmidt, POOL)

[finnman69]

Breaking: Yahoo Has Hundreds of Photos of U.S. and U.K. Troops Being Cheered by Iraqis

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/887415/posts?page=1

i'm trying to get a huge group of thes epics together in one spot.

[yonif]

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[r9etb]

I love this shot. The grunt is obviously genuinely pleased, as are the kids.