Happy scenes from an ugly war...

[Lincoln]

Post your happy scenes here. If you don't have anything nice to say then please spam another thread. Here is my contribution:

[Lincoln]

Here is another by the Britts in Basra on April 8th:

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More from our Brittish friends in a village north of Basra right after they parachuted in:

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[Nubclear]

to this thread.

I want to see more pics like this

[Ted Striker]

Nice job Lincoln.

[Lincoln]

Iraqi boys in a village near the city of Najaf in Central Iraq appear glad to be back in school April 4, for the first time since the war started. U.S. Army soldiers from the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion helped clean up the school that was damaged by artillery fire. The soldiers also took money out of their own pockets to pay the teacher several months salary in advance. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin P. Bell

[Lincoln]

A member of 21 Squadron in Britain's 3 Regular Army Air Corps, 16 Air Assault Brigade, walks beside an Iraqi boy near the city of Basra in southern Iraq, April 7, 2003.

[Winston]

Citizens of Baghdad welcome American soldiers, April 9 2003:

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Pfc. Mark Bennett drops a line in the lake surrounding one of Saddam Hussein's palaces in western Baghdad. Bennett was using noodles from a chicken with noodles MRE as bait, but didn't have any luck.

[Lincoln]

Regimental Combat Team 1 gives medical attention to Iraqi civilians who led the Marines to a weapons cache in Aziz, Iraq

[Winston]

An Iraqi boy with US troops flashes the V-sign on a street in Baghdad. April 9, 2003.

I especially like the picture of the little girl holding the American flag BTW.

[Lincoln]

British Soldiers from 16 Air Assault Brigade throw chocolate bars from their ration packs to Iraqi children, in the village of Qaryat Nasr north of of the city of Basra, in southern Iraq, April 7, 2003.

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Nick Popadich from Indianapolis enjoys a cigar while rolling through central Baghdad. In the background a statue of Saddam Hussein. April 9, 2003.