''I'M EXERCISING MY NEW FREEDOM OF SPEECH --- GET OUT !!!''

by Andrew Gilligan, BBC

Thu, Apr 10, 2003 8:26AM

It's still pretty restrained here today - the euphoria of yesterday hasn't been repeated yet. I drove round the city centre as the statue was being toppled yesterday, and mostly people are reserving judgement, it's mostly the Shia areas that are celebrating. But there's no question people are glad to see the end of the regime. One of my close Iraqi friends went up to an American marine and said to him: "I'm going to exercise my right of free speech for the first time in my life - we want you out of here as soon as possible."

Baghdad :: Andrew Gilligan :: 0530GMT
Reporters' Log: War in Iraq
April 10, 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/2934651.stm

It's still pretty restrained here today - the euphoria of yesterday hasn't been repeated yet. I drove round the city centre as the statue was being toppled yesterday, and mostly people are reserving judgement, it's mostly the Shia areas that are celebrating.

But there's no question people are glad to see the end of the regime.

One of my close Iraqi friends went up to an American marine and said to him: "I'm going to exercise my right of free speech for the first time in my life - we want you out of here as soon as possible."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/2934651.stm

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