In Lithuania, one of the three Baltic republics annexed by Stalin in 1940, all the symbols of communism are now being hunted. The statue of Lenin has been unbuttoned. Vytautas Landsbergis, the Lithuanian president, negotiates on the phone with the new head of the KGB Vadim Bakatine and (old reflex) records his telephone conversation with a small tape recorder. Vytautas LANDSBERGIS explains that "Because of the putsch the last dam was broken, the waves will take everything away! ". In Vilnius, the base of the statue of Lenin is torn off. Lithuanians are perched on the pieces of the base of the statue.
Report on the mixed reception of American soldiers by the population of Baghdad. An Iraqi says: "Saddam and the Americans, it’s the same thing..." US Army Lieutenant Admits Baghdad Doubts American Will to Help Rebuild Country A statue of Saddam Hussein, probably the last one in Baghdad, was defeated by Baghdad. The crowd applauded the statue’s fall.
Albania, one of the last bastions of communism, is getting rid of its old ideological symbols. A statue of Stalin was thus removed from the centre of Tirana, facing a statue of Lenin, still standing. Exclusive report for A2 proposing a microsidewalk of Albanians, including a cardiologist, a supporter of student protesters. He makes the "V" of victory and says "full of joy".
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