From the Daily Telegraph. Here’s an extract:
The trepidation on the paratroopers’ faces as they began their walk into old Basra, splitting into two groups, taking separate parallel roads through the centre, was clear.It was soon apparent, however, that their fears were groundless when a young boy walked up to the soldiers and flung a wad of Iraqi banknotes on to the ground and deliberately trampled on the face of Saddam displayed upon them.