Uprising Leads to a Downfall

The scene in Saddam Hussein’s lair of power was surreal -- reminiscent of the fall of the Berlin Wall or the protests in Tiananmen Square. Just three weeks after the United States had gone to war with Iraq, two weeks after pundits had declared the allied offensive mired in the desert, and days after the Iraqi information

minister had declared that the Americans would never take

Baghdad, U.S. troops had arrived. And to many citizens who had taken to the streets, the foreigners were the heroes. The crowd then vented its joy and anger at the larger-than-life bronze figure of their former ruler.