Joy in Baghdad at collapse of Saddam's regime - but there's anarchy, too
I'm just watching images on television of Baghdad where the US military has extended its control to much of the city. Scenes of people running around, cheering and smiling - and looting. This seems to duplicate what has been happening in al-Basrah in the past few days. This BBC report gives some more of the background to what is happening.
The US military is warning that the fighting may not yet be over as the situation remains in considerable flux.
It will be necessary very soon to try and re-establish some kind of civil order - the vacuum left by the regime's collapse could quickly turn from joy (and looting), to violence - and retribution.
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