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Odd, I had no trouble viewing it.
My only guess is that, while the war is still going on, going and finding thousands of anti-Saddam Iraqis would not be the easiest or smartest thing in the world to do. I believe that many of these people are against Saddam, but how do you tell who's sincere about it when there's still citizens fighting our troops? That would be pretty dangerous just to tear down a lousy statue.
Does the scene at the right look like the Fall of the Berlin Wall?
For one, why is that guy capitalizing "Fall of the Berlin Wall" like he's refering to a book or something? Also, the Berlin Wall was a little bigger.
I think it's dangerous to take the word of both sensationalist news sources and cynical underground skeptics. I like your second source better.