[cyncooper]

Milling crowds of men and boys watched as the Marines attached ropes on the front of their Jeeps to one portrait and then backed up, peeling the Iraqi leader's black-and-white metal image off a frame. Some locals briefly joined Maj. David ``Bull'' Gurfein in a new cheer.

``Iraqis! Iraqis! Iraqis!'' Gurfein yelled, pumping his fist in the air.

They'll get the hang of it. Bless them.

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

Try to get the smile off your face after reading this, red.

[EllaMinnow]

It gives me a grin that should last through the weekend, God willing.

This is what we've been waiting for.