BBC Field reporter about the US Flag that was temporarily placed on the face of the Saddam statue yesterday: ] We've just learned from the US marines that the US flag ] that was put on the face of Saddam yesterday - it was ] replaced by an Iraqi flag when the people shouted for ] that - was the flag that was flying over the Pentagon on ] September 11. ] ] For a lot of the American marines, they think this war is ] all about defeating terrorism, they will tell you that ] over and over again. There is also a connection in the ] minds of the American public between the regime of Saddam ] and what happened on September 11, and apparently the ] flag that was draped over this face was flying over the ] pentagon when the plane crashed into it. Note: I haven't been able to find any confirmation of this story aside from the BBC report. Update: ABCNews is confirming this, in an interview with the soldier who put the flag up, Corporal Chin from New York: "And the flag it was on the Pentagon when it got hit on 9/11. That was the same flag, and me being from New York, it kind of all goes together a little bit. It was a team effort, which made it even better, you know," he said. ABCNews article here: http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/Primetime/Iraq030410USFlagStatue.html Further update: Other news agencies are confirming that it was Marine Corporal Chin up there, but are not mentioning the origin of the flag. |