The statue is down. They hitched a cable around its neck and pulled it down with a crane attachment on top of a tank. the Russians are denying that Saddam is in their embassy.

Tele 5 is all in a snoot about their guy who was killed yesterday and they're still making it their co-big story. Everybody else has dropped it for now and is filming downtown. It seems like the Spanish networks have their own cameras there, but they're using pickups from Al Jazzera and Abu Dhabi TV.

All four of the major channels here, TV1, TV3, Tele 5, and Antena 3, have cut away from their normal programming for special news coverage.