A nice photo from Iraq

AP / Yahoo ^ | 04/07/2003 | Itsuo Inouye

[dighton]

An Iraqi girl waves an American flag to U.S. Marines of the
15th Expeditionary Unit at the Marines Battalion Combat
Operation Center in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq, on Monday,
April 7, 2003.

(AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

[finnman69]

for more happ Iraqi pics

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/886525/posts

[BSunday]

This poor girl obviously needs to be saved from the unjust Bush war-for-oil program. She must have been one of the lucky few that our bombs didn't kill. /sarcasm

[Mr. Silverback]

Future friends?

[BluH2o]

That is one seriously cute kid. Thanks for posting the photo!

A real cutie ... notice how crisp & clean her head scarf is and the man standing behind her ia wearing a clean new looking polo shirt. They're evidently turned out in their best for the Marines!

[Steel and Fire and Stone]

I wonder where that flag came from? I doubt that little American flags are available at the local market. Were they brought in by American psych-ops to be distributed for the photo op?

My thought exactly, .......and, it doesn't matter. This girl didn't have to have a guy put to her back to get her to smile and wave this flag.

Funny how things work out. Our guys can't raise an American flag for fear of being viewed as "imperial occupying stormtroopers" on the "Arab Street". Yet, common Iraqi civilians will be flying the Red, White, and Blue (American, not French!) everywhere soon.

Viva La USA!!

[ffusco]

Awwwww!

[upchuck]

Hey Tiny Tommy Dasshole - check the pix; are you still "deeply saddened?"

You twerp!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Lovely Picture!

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[dighton]

Hope you like this as much as I did.

[aculeus]

Great photo!

(More to come!)

[Terabitten]

When I served in Bosnia, I carried dozens of tiny flags like that in my Humvee -- along with bags of candy and cans of soda for the kids.

[nickcarraway]

ping

[BlueLancer]

Seriously cute ...

... she'll be beating them off with a stick when she gets older.

[Aeronaut]

... she'll be beating them off with a stick when she gets older.

Eeew, that's gotta hurt!

[mware]

A beautiful child. I am so glad she will now enjoy freedom.

[BlueLancer]

"Eeew, that's gotta hurt!"

And they'll be d*mn glad to get even that! 8')

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

bump

[TEXASPROUD]

Y'all need something to smile about.

[harpseal]

Thanks you have no idea.