We hate Saddam, and we want him removed.

Ritter had launched into one of his better rambles, the one where he hates Saddam as much as the next guy, probably more.

Beyond military control, there was a subtle social glue: Iraqis of all sects loved to hate Saddam together.

Iraqis typically hated Saddam, but also hated the idea of an invasion.

He hates Saddam, too, and the new prestige conferred on him by Clinton's pinprick-plus air strikes.

I hated Saddam with all of my heart, but I didn't know what to do.

So postwar Iraq comes as no surprise: a place where "most Iraqis hate the foreign occupation far more than they hated Saddam."

"They hate Saddam and the Baath Party," he said of the judges.

I hate Saddam - he used chemical weapons against my people.

It is very easy for Iraqis to hate Saddam and resent America for overstaying.