As U.S. Marines helped topple a giant statue of Saddam Hussein in the heart of Baghdad, many people watched the climatic images on the home front. For many families, seeing American troops pull ...

The photos of the Saddam Hussein statue being toppled were iconic images of the fall of the regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on this day in 2003.

Saddam Hussein's statues and images are long gone in Baghdad 20 years later, but much of the hope that came in wiping away Saddam’s oppressive visual presence has also evaporated.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Their hour of freedom at hand, jubilant Iraqis celebrated the collapse of Saddam Hussein's murderous regime on Wednesday, beheading a toppled statue of their longtime ruler ...

Like the giant statue of Saddam Hussein that slowly tumbled to the ground in central Baghdad on Wednesday, the war in Iraq has been determined by a series of tipping points that produced the ...