Arab Residents Celebrate In Michigan Streets
Police Work To Control Crowd
Updated: 2:15 p.m. EDT April 9, 2003
DEARBORN, Mich. -- As word spread of the statue of Saddam Hussein toppling over in Iraq Wednesday, people filled the streets of Dearborn, one of the largest Arab-American populations in the United States.
A spontaneous parade filled Warren Avenue, from Schaeffer to Greenfield, around noon as Dearborn residents yelled, "No more Saddam." People were saying that they believe the war is almost over.
Many people were carrying the original Iraq flag, and not the one that was changed under the regime of Saddam, WDIV-TV in Detroit reported. American flags are also flying proudly.
A man who said his father was killed by Saddam seven years ago carried an original Iraqi flag and said he wishes this would have happened years ago.
Police are at the scene working to keep the crowd under control.
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