More - For those who

More - For those who still think that we should have left Hussein alone:

More than 100 children held in a prison celebrated their freedom as US marines rolled into northeast Baghdad amid chaotic scenes which saw civilians loot weapons from an army compound, a US officer said.

Around 150 children spilled out of the jail after the gates were opened as a US military Humvee vehicle approached, Lieutenant Colonel Fred Padilla told an AFP correspondent travelling with the Marines 5th Regiment.

"Hundreds of kids were swarming us and kissing us," Padilla said.

What? Hans Blix missed this? Who'da thunk it?

The kids were in jail, according to the story, because:

"The children had been imprisoned because they had not joined the youth branch of the Baath party," [Col. Padilla] alleged. "Some of these kids had been in there for five years."

Wow. Imagine how much better this would have been with UN support.

Posted by Mitch at April 8, 2003 08:45 PM