Category: Video

Lara Logan reports for CBS News on the statue being toppled.

Here’s a two-minute clip of Fox’s coverage of the statue being torn down.

My story about the toppling was helped along by two generous and wonderful non-profit institutions. Most of the research was conducted while I was a fellow at the Joan Shorenstein ...  (Read more)

Two days before the statue of Saddam was toppled at Firdos Square, Army troops who had seized control of the Republican Palace were ordered by their commander, Col. David Perkins, to find a statue of Saddam that could be destroyed. Once one was found–Saddam on horseback–the troops were ...  (Read more)

For the BBC’s story on weightlifter Khadim al-Jubouri, click here.

The documentary “Control Room” featured several Al Jazeera journalists who said the toppling was planned in advance by the U.S. military, to the extent that people were brought to the square to participate in the event. Click here to view that scene from “Control Room.”