# Tank Running over Saddam Billboard (Video) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 28, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tank-running-over-saddam-billboard-video/164832 "2003-03-28T18:17:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rayray5884](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@rayray5884](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayray5884)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tank-running-over-saddam-billboard-video/164832/1 "2003-03-28T18:17:07Z")
I saw this video on CNN yesterday of a US tank running into and over a huge billboard of Saddam. Has anyone seen this video online anywhere?? Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tank-running-over-saddam-billboard-video/164832/2 "2003-03-28T19:00:58Z")
I haven’t seen it online, but if you and I saw the same video, I think they said it was a British tank. ---
**Author:** ![rayray5884](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@rayray5884](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayray5884)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tank-running-over-saddam-billboard-video/164832/3 "2003-03-28T21:06:00Z")
Hmmm…It could have been a British tank too…I’m not really sure though. Still looking for the video if anyone’s seen it online though. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![herman\_and\_bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f1d935/32.png) [@herman\_and\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herman_and_bill)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tank-running-over-saddam-billboard-video/164832/4 "2003-03-28T21:40:12Z")
I saw it and I also saw a Marine tearing up a Saddam poster last week. I wonder if Saddam puts out a bounty on those guys for tearing up his poster. ---
**Author:** ![BaldTaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@BaldTaco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldTaco)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tank-running-over-saddam-billboard-video/164832/5 "2003-03-28T23:27:11Z")
If you’re talking about the one they showed every 10 minutes yesterday on CNN, it was a British tank (or tank-like vehicle). ---
**Author:** ![Scruff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Scruff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruff)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tank-running-over-saddam-billboard-video/164832/6 "2003-03-29T03:07:01Z")
And, according to **The Sun** (a reputable news source which presents a somewhat different view on world affairs than, say, the BBC) the driver of the tank was a _Duncan MacSporran_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tank-running-over-saddam-billboard-video/164832/7 "2003-03-29T03:11:55Z")
> [@](#): > > the driver of the tank was a Duncan MacSporran. Did he have a beard? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tank-running-over-saddam-billboard-video/164832/8 "2003-03-29T03:25:33Z")
It appeared to be a British Challenger Mark II tank, which in a lot of respects is just like the M1 Abrams anyway. ---
**Author:** ![jayseebee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/258eb7/32.png) [@jayseebee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayseebee)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tank-running-over-saddam-billboard-video/164832/9 "2003-03-29T16:33:33Z")
There’s [this](http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPhotoPresentation.jhtml?type=focusIraqNews&imageID=1000439409) which is Challenger II. But the _video_ I saw was taken from behind the rear left corner of the vehicle as it ran over the mural. I though that was a British Warrior. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tank-running-over-saddam-billboard-video/164832/10 "2003-03-29T16:43:20Z")
Destroying images of Saddam is worth a [lot of risk](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2898003.stm), it seems. ---
**Author:** ![rayray5884](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@rayray5884](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayray5884)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tank-running-over-saddam-billboard-video/164832/11 "2003-04-09T17:13:03Z")
Ok, so now it’s been a week or so. Has anyone seen this video or any of the other videos of troops destroying statues and billboards of saddam online? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tank-running-over-saddam-billboard-video/164832/12 "2003-04-09T18:56:09Z")
See video at [www.foxnews.com](http://www.foxnews.com) there is a link on the front page, under the photos of a statue being pulled down. ---
**Author:** ![aeropl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@aeropl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aeropl)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tank-running-over-saddam-billboard-video/164832/13 "2003-04-09T20:20:13Z")
Quick! Go to [www.msnbc.com](http://www.msnbc.com) and there’s a link for a video showing a statue falling down. It will probably be gone in the next few hours though considering they change their front page every couple hours. Here’s the link to the actual video, but it may not work: > **[MSNBC News - Breaking News and News Today | Latest News](https://www.msnbc.com/)** > > MSNBC breaking news and the latest news for today. Get daily news from local news reporters and world news updates with live audio & video from our team. If all else fails, just do a search on their site and hopefully they’ll have it in their archives.