(Telegraph-UK) Hundreds, possibly thousands, of waving Iraqis in central Iraq lined the streets when the American advance northwards to Baghdad was resumed. Capt. David Waldron, 31, commander of the Black Knights tank company, said: "When we drove into this town and I saw the crowds I told everyone to keep their head down. But they were so obviously friendly that I ended up waving back, too....We've been hearing this from a number of areas now."
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