They were all really excited about it. And they had really good, big smiles on their faces and everything. The reaction was, you know, they thought wicked, we've got American backup. We've got the West's backup we can do this. I mean, Saddam's weak, we've got their backup.
People are willing to fight.
So they thought, they like, they thought, that's it, we've got the main three things that can help us in taking Kurdistan. And getting rid of Saddam Hus sein. Narrator Across northern Iraq the Kurds rose up against the symbols and the servants of President Saddam Hussein's Bathist regime. In Suleymania, the fighting centered on the Security Headquarters, the large fortress-like building which dominated the town. The secret police officers inside put up fierce resistance, but eventually were overwhelmed.