"I think there's every reason to think that huge numbers of the Iraqi population are going to welcome these people (American troops)." - Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz - April 4, 2003
Children point to a body part, tied to a brick and hanging from a telephone cable, after an attack in the restive town of Falluja March 31, 2004. A crowd of cheering Iraqis dragged charred and mutilated bodies through the streets of Falluja on Wednesday after an attack on two vehicles that witnesses said killed at least three foreigners. (Ali Jasim/Reuters)
Actually, four more American contractors were killed today along with another five American soldiers. Not much of a warm welcome.