Some British reporter on the NTV cam. She referred to saddam as 'The President'.
Looters Sack Offices of Crumbling Baghdad Government
Wed April 9, 2003 06:12 AM ET
By Hassan Hafidh
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - They paused only to show off their booty to the cameras and shout "Thank you Mr. Bush."
Then they rushed back to strip the abandoned ministries of President Saddam Hussein of anything of value. And there wasn't much.
One looter staggered under the weight of an ornamental vase half his height. Another emerged from the Ministry of Irrigation with a huge bouquet of plastic flowers.
The only guns on these streets in central Baghdad on Wednesday were the AK-47s of civilians who broke off looting to denounce Saddam and jump for joy in front of foreign camera crews.
The police and army which have kept Saddam in power for the past 24 years had vanished ahead of a U.S. onslaught.
One man rushing from a government building took of his shoe to hit a poster of Saddam that another looter had removed from an office wall. Someone drew a pair of black horns on another portrait of Saddam.
"If you only knew what this guy did to Iraq! He killed our youth, killed millions of people," said one looter.
"No to Saddam. Thank you Mr. Bush," said an old man.
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