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...didn't know" he said. "Can you explain that to them?" He thrust the flag into my hands and ran back indoors. So there I was, holding Saddam's flag and facing an angry Iraqi mob. I could sense that their resentment at the soldier was being transferred...
...Saddam's own office when an American soldier grabbed one of the flags hanging next to the dictator's desk and, pointing on the lettering, asked his Kurdish translator, "What does this say?" The translator replied, with obvious disgust, "It says 'Saddam Hussein...
...wasn't being literal, of course, but the soldier didn't know that. He took the flag out to the main entrance of the palace, where a group of Iraqis had gathered. He held the flag up high with one hand, and reached into his pocket with his other hand and pulled out a Zippo lighter. He had a triumphant look in his face as he announced, "This is what we'll do to Saddam...
...crowd was aghast - none of them understood English, so all they could see was an American soldier about to set alight their national flag. Some of them shouted at the soldier, but he seemed to mistake their anger for enthusiasm. He held the flag up higher, and fired up the Zippo...
...reached out and grabbed the soldier's hand, and pulled the lighter away from the flag. "What are you doing?" I asked...