Waarom hing gisteren een Amerikaanse soldaat gedurende korte tijd een Amerikaanse vlag over het standbeeldhoofd van Saddam Hussein?

Uit het weblog van de BBC-correspondenten:

'Baghdad :: Paul Wood :: 0521GMT

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.'