[kcvl]

U.S. Army Sgt. John Beck from Miami, Fla. is welcomed by residents of Baghdad Wednesday, April 9, 2003. The soldiers from the A Company 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment took over a section of northern Baghdad with a warm welcome from many residents, but under sporadic rocket and small arms fire from irregular Iraqi forces.(AP Photo/John Moore)

An Iraqi waves a pre-1991 Gulf War (news - web sites) Iraqi flag (without the slogans "Allahu Akbar", or God is great, which President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) later introduced) in Baghdad's al-Fardous (paradise) square(AFP/Ramzi Haidar)

[ztiworoh]

Was that the pre-Saddam flag aswell?? We need to rid the country of all remnants of the Ba'athists

[O Neill]

U.S. Army Sgt. John Beck from Miami, Fla. is welcomed by residents of Baghdad...

That look on his face kinda reminds me of Dr. Venkman in the original 'Ghostbusters'...

"We came...we saw...we kicked its ASS!"

[tame]

Great pix!