Marine who put American flag on Saddam statue speaks.
Corporal Edward Chin says the Iraqis were far from offended by it:
[He] told CNN's Paula Zahn that the display of the American stars and stripes, and the subsequent removal of that flag and hanging of a pre-Gulf War Iraqi flag, were "more like a symbol that we were here to give (Iraqis) their country back."
"They wanted a flag on his head, the American flag," Chin said. "They brought it up to me and I put it on there for a brief moment.
"The Iraqi crowd, they were egging us on," he said. "They were happy to see us do it. We took it down after a brief moment and put their flag up."
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