I was overcome with emotion - and glued to the TV - watching jubilant Iraqis knock down a huge statue of Saddam in a large square in central Baghdad. This moment will surely be remembered on a par with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the lynching of Mussolini.



Of course, the snide tone on Al-Jazeera and the other channels was unmistakable. No matter how hard the crowd cheered they could not see beyond their anti-American hatred and allow themselves to feel happy for them, if only for a few minutes. They make me sick!