Iraq German Leader Rejects US's Berlin Wall Comparison

The president of Germany's parliament rejected Friday comparisons being made by U.S. leaders between the 1989 breaching of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of Saddam Hussein's rule in Iraq.
When East Germans and other Eastern Europeans knocked down the statues, the people did it by themselves and not with the troops of a victorious war participant," added Thierse, who as president of the parliament is second only to President Johannes Rau as the leading representative of Germany.
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