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...moments before the bombing. Iraqi opposition sources say he slipped out of the capital with at least one of his sons. Some speculated he may try to retreat to his hometown of Tikrit, to make a final stand among his kith and kin. But a persistent rumor in the Arab world suggested Saddam may have taken refuge in the Russian embassy, also in al-Mansour...
...They are pulling it down!" said the Al-Jazeera announcer to millions of Arab viewers watching as U.S. Marines helped Iraqi youths destroy the Saddam monument in Al Rasheed Street. "This is the beginning of a new history that will affect the whole Arab world...
...Five short days ago, Arab TV networks had shown a Saddam speech urging Iraqis to fight, and images of the leader walking around the streets of Baghdad. Saddam's message was that he was still alive, still defending the Arab nation against the "mercenaries and the Zionists," as he likes to call the United States and Israel...
...Saddam's performance turned out to be the dying gasp of his bloody regime. His supposed defense of Iraq and the greater Arab nation came down to a hollow spectacle. And by Wednesday it had given way to the long-awaited TV images of Iraqis cheering his overthrow. The scenes were particularly jubilant in the Baghdad neighborhood called Saddam City, a dense housing project for Shiite Muslims - a community historically excluded from political power in Iraq. All over the city, the ubiquitous statues of Saddam are being destroyed...
...Saddam's last speech had invoked Arab grandeur, Iraqi patriotism and Islamic ideals, tapping into old dreams as Saddam cast himself as a latter-day Saladdin, the Muslim warrior who drove the Crusaders out of Jerusalem. The footage of his walkabout had likewise sought to portray him as the valiant Arab knight. The footage showed Iraqis mobbing Saddam, chanting his praises and bending to kiss his hand. As a pistol in a leather holster dangled from his belt, Saddam pumped his fist in a power salute and wiped away what might have been a tear...