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The Marine who put US flag on the Saddam Hussein statue

Edward Chin was the US Marine who put the American flag on the head of the Saddam Hussein statue and put a noose round its neck.

He was a Corporal with the US Marines in 2003 and remembered what happened 12 years ago.

"At first we tried to pull it with a cable round the bottom of the statue, but soon we realised that wasn't gonna happen, because if that cable had snapped it would not have been good...so I had the idea that I would climb up the crane and attach the chain to the top of the statue to pull it down, I'm on the way up when my commanding officer hands me a package and says there's an American flag in there". He said.

This clip is originally from 5 live Daily on Friday 10 April 2015.

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