LONDON -
Several men stormed the Iraqi embassy in London on Wednesday afternoon,
breaking through the front door and ripping out any vestige of Saddam
Hussein.
A crowd of agitated Iraqis surrounded the downtown building housing the
now empty embassy hours after scenes of jubilation in the streets of
Baghdad began appearing on television screens.
In the Iraqi capital, crowds of people were tearing down posters and
toppling statues of Saddam. In London, some of the gathered Iraqi men
broke the locks on the embassy's front door and went inside to remove
any sign of Saddam.
The men said they were reclaiming the offices for the Iraqi people.
"They took out the photos of Saddam Hussein, ripping them, expressing
their happiness," said Ali Barakha, who watched from outside.
Police moved in with about 50 officers in riot gear and rounded up 24
men as the incident ended without violence.
Written by CBC News Online staff