Photos: Allies Greeted With Cheers, Flowers by Iraqi People

[Charles Farley]

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Iraqi citizens pull down a statue of Saddam Hussein with the help of
U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor and 101st Airborne
division, in the town of Kerbala, April 6, 2003.

Photo after statue completely torn down:
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Samantha Sheppard, 28, from Plymouth in Britain and a member of the
2nd Light Tank Regiment, is given a pink flower by an Iraqi man during
a patrol on the streets of east Basra, April 8, 2003.

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An Iraqi man uses his shoe to smash a hole in the face of a Saddam
Hussein mural in Basra Southern Iraq, April 7 2003.

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A British paratrooper from the 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment
is surrounded by smiling Iraqi children in Siyamar Square in the old
city of Basra in front of a mural of Saddam Hussein April 7, 2003.

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An Iraqi boy cycles past a defaced [with red paint] mural depicting
Saddam Hussein outside the former UN Headquarters in Umm Qasr, Monday
March 31, 2003. The site has been renamed Camp Albany by Royal Marines
from 42 Commando who have set up base there. An Iraqi man came to the
camp last night asking for paint so that he might show his feelings
about the Iraqi Dictator.

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A local Iraqi boy offers a flower to a British soldier from the Royal
Fusiliers during patrols in Basra, southern Iraq, April 8, 2003.

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An Iraqi waves flowers as he passes a British position leaving the
southern Iraqi city of Basra

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Local Iraqi children cheer as British troops carry out patrols in
Basra, southern Iraq, April 8, 2003.

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Local Iraqi men cheer as British troops from the Household Guards and
the Royal Irish Regiment carry out patrols in Medina, near Basra in
southern Iraq, April 8, 2003.

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Iraqi children cheer as British troops from the Household Guards and
the Royal Irish Regiment carry out patrols in Medina, near Basra in
southern Iraq, April 8, 2003.

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Locals line the streets of Basra to welcome Royal Marines from 42
Commando as they drive into the heart of the city, Sunday April 6,
2003. The Marines had been expecting enemy forces as they drove into
Iraqs second city but were only met with cheers and smiles.

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Local residents remove a painting of Saddam Hussein in the Iraqi town
of Basra, Tuesday April 8, 2003.

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Children in the Iraqi town of Basra, step on a portrait of Saddam
Hussein Tuesday April 8, 2003.

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An unidentified man tears down a poster of Saddam Hussein in Basra
Monday April 7, 2003, after the British Desert Rats and Royal Marines
launched two waves of attacks Sunday, in their effort to control the
city.

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Unidentified men tear-down and step-on a poster of Saddam Hussein in
Basra, southern Iraq (news - web sites), Monday April 7, 2003, after
the British Desert Rats and Royal Marines launched two waves of
attacks Sunday, in their effort to control the city.

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A recently taken photograph released March 26, 2003 shows a member of
Britain's 42 Commando (R) smiling with local Iraqi children in Umm
Qasr, southern Iraq.

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A smiling Iraqi man beats a poster of Saddam Hussein with his shoe
after a U.S. Marine (L) started to take the poster down in Safwan,
southern Iraq (news - web sites), March 21, 2003. Safwan, a small
border town, was clearly outside Saddam's control on Friday. Kuwaiti
television showed Iraqis mingling cautiously with American soldiers,
one of whom received a peck on the cheek from a local man.

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Iraqi children smile for a photo in Basra in southern Iraq, April 7,
2003.

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A smiling Iraqi woman holds her baby as a column of U.S. vehicles from
the 2nd Battalion, 70 Armor passes through the town of Kerbala south
west of Baghdad, April 7, 2003.

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You know, they say that the Iraqis are fighting the US because
Saddam's forces have a gun to their backs.

Well, who's carrying the guns here?

[The Traveler]

| You know, they say that the Iraqis are fighting the US because
| Saddam's forces have a gun to their backs.
|
|
| Well, who's carrying the guns here?

The soldiers themselves, right? I knew it!