[nutmeg]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - It was enough to make a Texan president's heart swell: Hassan Atiya, an Iraqi on horseback, riding off into the chaos of wartime Baghdad with a vigorous wave and an exclamation — "I love you, America..."

"Bush!" they said, turning their thumbs up as they smiled...

Then the thumbs went down. "Saddam!" they yelled in disapproval. Marines waved and smiled back.

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[Redbob]

(Small edit)

""Bush!" they said, turning their thumbs up as they smiled...

Then the thumbs went down. "Saddam Daschle!" they yelled in disapproval. Marines waved and smiled back."