<p>Baghdad's jubilation got the cold shoulder from some journalists yesterday.</p>
<p>The press did not question the raising of the American flag over Iwo Jima back in 1945.</p>
<p>But only minutes after President Saddam Hussein's statue toppled before overjoyed Iraqis, NBC's Kelly O'Donnell asked Central Command spokesman U.S. Navy Capt. Frank Thorpe whether it was appropriate for Marine Cpl. Edward Chin to briefly cover the statue's face with a U.S. flag. The act implied the United States already had assumed control of the regime, Miss O'Donnell said.</p>