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"One of the men in the crowd was Khalid Abdullah Jassem. Like the others in the crowd, Mr. Jassem exulted over the crash of the American helicopter, yet at least one of the reasons he gave for his feelings seemed odd.
Whenever the Chinook helicopters flew overhead, Mr. Jassem said, the American soldier stationed at the back of the helicopter always hung his feet out of the back door — a sign of disrespect in the Muslim world.
Informed that American soldiers manning the gun at the rear of Chinook helicopters usually sat there regardless of the country, Mr. Jassem was undeterred.
The reason seemed odd??? This must be the only journalist in the world who missed the Iraqi's hitting the torn-down statue of Saddam with their shoes!
[ 11-03-2003, 07:17 PM: Message edited by: Skunk ]
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