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The Hungarian government is to unveil a statue of George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st President of the United States, to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of communist rule in central and eastern Europe. According to a joint statement by the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, Gergely Gulyás, and the US Ambassador [ ]Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. Thu 8 Jul EDT. T he abiding image of the Iraq war in was the toppling of a statue of the country’s dictator, Saddam Hussein. It was an image relayed across the world as a symbol.

Hungary says it will unveil a statue of late U.S. President George W. Bush in Budapest to mark the 30th anniversary of the collapse of communist dictatorship in Central and Eastern Europe. InBush became the first U.S. president to visit Hungary while in office. He died in at the age of One after another, Iraqis swung Lambert's sledgehammer against the statue's base. In a much photographed moment, a former weight lifter got into the action, but only a few inches of plaster fell.

Nov. 23, Protesters topple a papier-mâché statue of U.S. President George W. Bush in central London. They were demonstrating against the state visit of Bush to Britain and the war in bushleaning.barted Reading Time: 3 mins.