[nutmeg]

If you missed the historic toppling of the Saddam statue in Baghdad, be sure to look for the re-plays tonight!

The statue toppled at about 10:55AM EDT... I did a quick check: FNC, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC and CBS radio were all covering it LIVE.

As I type this... Simon Marks of Fox News reporting that these scenes of celebration are playing nonstop on Al Jazeera TV throughout the Arab world. He says the jubilant images of the Iraqi people - some waving the Stars & Stripes - will certainly be stunning to Arabs around the world!

British commander (?) Al Lockwood at CentCom saying he was a "doubting Thomas" at first, but he now believes this military campaign will go down in history as one of the most brilliant in the history of the world.

Brett Baier, Fox News, at the Pentagon... The mood is ecstatic.. but there are still fights to come. Says Rummy will probably impart a tone of caution... Gen Myers: "People are rejoicing... the Iraqi people are now liberated."

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[nutmeg]

Gen Myers: "People are rejoicing... the Iraqi people are now liberated."

Correction: Gen. Myers: "It's a little too soon to declare that Iraq has been fully liberated."

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[RasterMaster]

Problem is that they don't play the whole build-up to the statue falling. When the Marine draped the Stars and Stripes over the face of the statue, there were loud cheers and clapping. No replay has included the cheers or the Iraqi that was waving our flag when it came down and their flag went up.