Here's an independent media take on the toppling of the statue of Saddam yesterday (photos, very little text--a quick read!)--make of it what you will, but clearly we in the U.S. don't always get the whole story (be sure to scroll down to do your own comparison of the faces in the pictures that appear below the one of the plaza):

http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/04/1598451.php